“Help” from FCSB for Craiova in the fight for the title?! » Then it was the key moment “We are among the favorites but it never works out for us”

• Universitatea Craiova – U Cluj, the “final” for the Superliga title, will be played on Sunday, May 17, from 8:30 p.m., at the “Ion Oblemenco” stadium. The match will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro, with information and images from Gazeta correspondents, and on TV on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1

Săndoi is of the opinion that the fate of the title will be decided at the confrontation in Bănie and that U Cluj will not prolong the suspense until the last round. Sandoi claims that Craiova University fully deserves the title, especially after what it has shown throughout the season.

The former U21 coach believes that the key moment took place last summer, when the squad underwent major changes, with Craiova realizing that they had to change something to be able to fight for the title with real chances, especially after FCSB looked very good and looked like they would dominate the next few years domestically.

Then, by comparison, in order to be able to keep up with FCSB, Craiova changed the strategy, the team and even the system. Along the way, the red-blue formation got lost, and the Oltenians positioned themselves as big favorites.

Emil Săndoi is sure: “The title cards will be played tonight”

“Everyone is waiting for the event. If someone had told me in 1991, when we did the event, how many years would pass before Craiova would win a new title, I didn't think it would take so long.

Craiova was a pole of Romanian football, it is, I hope, the most important pole of football after tonight's match. The whole city is connected to this performance that the team can tick off. I am convinced, the title cards will be played tonight. I don't know, maybe I'm subjective, but I think we're going to have a new champion.

I said after a few stages from the beginning of the championship that Craiova is the main favorite, I don't like to throw around empty words.

In the summer of last year, before the season, Craiova did the calculations: we have been one of the favorites for so long, but it never works out for us.

He had the power to let go of some players, some experienced, some young, but they didn't fit the profile of the club, maybe they lacked something, we're not talking about talent.

Craiova made a series of inspired transfers, players we knew, players from abroad, they restructured the team. Then there was the main move, then the system used by Craiova. He always surprised with this system.

Craiova thought that they have two wing players, Mora, Bancu, who are suited to a different system. There were 3 central defenders, two with extraordinary speed for our championship. Rus and Screciu are two players with good aggression, with strength, with speed, they can stay 1:1 with a direct opponent.

Think about the midfield, you don't even know who to use, Băluță, Anzor, Cicâldău. Otherwise, Craiova demonstrated throughout the entire championship that it is the most valuable and the best team in the championship. Craiova also controls the game when dominated. Maybe I'm being subjective, but I support the basic ideas and can't prove them. Maybe the time or tonight's game result.

Here, Craiova has a big advantage over other teams. Craiova set this target after the last season in which FCSB won the title, had an incredible evolution in the European cups and gave the feeling that in 2-3 years it can win the championship. That's my opinion. Then Craiova did something to be able to fight with FCSB“, said Emil Săndoi, on Sunday morning, on the show “Digi Sport Matinal”.

As far as I know, this game has been sold out since Tuesday, that's what I heard at the club. I also needed some tickets for friends, they come from abroad, from all over the country. If we had moved the National Arena to Craiova, I don't think it would have been enough in terms of spectators.

We, the former players of Craiova, have a box where we sit together at matches. We sit there, we eat together, we comment together, we have an impeccable organization.

– Emil Săndoi, before the title “final”.

Emil Săndoi: “The ranking in the play-offs reflects the value of the groups and teams”

Then, analyzing Craiova's opponents in the play-off team by team, Emil Săndoi explained why the Oltenians deserve to be champions.

“Calculating in the play-offs, FC Argeș was clear that it cannot be a team that aspires to the title. Dinamo has a very good coach, a very good first 11, but a weaker bench, I was sure that it would not be able to keep up the pace in the play-offs.

CFR Cluj then remained the team that impressed me, all respect for what happened in the last 3-4 years at U Cluj. It's not by chance, they have a balanced team, a balanced coach, players who can make a difference, they have quality. A team that can adapt to both a technical game and a physical game.

At Rapid I said that she lacks something and that I don't see her as a contender for the title. The ranking in the play-offs now perfectly reflects the value of the teams and teams in the championship, exactly as it is at the moment”, concluded Săndoi.