Article by Adrian Duţă – Published on Wednesday, 20 May 2026 22:14 / Updated on Wednesday, 20 May 2026 22:29
Mihai Stoica, the president of the FCSB Board of Directors, responded to Valeriu Iftime, after the owner of FC Botoșani called the players of the Bucharest team “fiddlers”.
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FCSB – Botoșani, in the first draw for the Conference League, will take place on May 24, from 20:30. The match will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and transmitted on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
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The winner will play Dinamo in the pool final.
Before the duel with Marius Baciu's team, Iftime declared that FCSB players are like “fiddlers”, trying to convey that the red-blues do not play as a team. The next day, MM Stoica came with the reply.
Mihai Stoica: “It's ugly what he's doing, but it's not the first time”
“It's very ugly what he's doing (no – Valeriu Iftime), but it's not the first time. When he was Elias, he offended him with a rhythm worthy of a better cause. If he likes to talk, let him talk”declared Mihai Stoica, at Prima Sport 1, in the first instance.
Asked if Iftime's statements will motivate FCSB players, Mihai Stoica answered: “This thing with sticking motivational statements in the locker room… Maybe, at one time, they worked. These quotes on the walls don't work.
I think Dawa will be very determined (no irony). These are the bases. I have been in football for a few years and I think I have more experience than others.
Are there players who don't know about this statement? It doesn't exist. That's not what makes the difference. In matches like this you have to be extremely focused and your knees don't shake”.
They can take me out of the dam, because Becali doesn't take me out, the footballers take me out. They are very good footballers, but they are fiddlers now, each plays as he wants. If we fiddle, he might beat me. At football we might beat them. I'm very confident I can beat them, but it depends on the day my guys are playing. If I was at home, I was more mischievous, because we Moldovans are only mischievous at the High Bridge.
– Valeriu Iftime, Botoșani patron
