Article by Mihai Șovei – Published Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 9:02 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 9:04 p.m.
Nicușor Bancu, 33, the captain of Craiova University, is confident before the match his team plays in the Conference League against the Armenians from Noah.
- Craiova University – FC Noah will be played on Thursday, from 22:00. The match can be watched liveTEXT on GSP.RO, but also transmitted live by Digi Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.
Bancu: “Noah showed that they are a very strong team”
Nicușor Bancu spoke about Craiova's future opponent, FC Noah, but also about the atmosphere at the team.
“It will definitely be a very difficult game. Noah's have shown that they are a very strong team, they have not come here for nothing. We know that they will push hard to win here, but we know what we have to do and I hope to win this game. I can't say now whether it will be a win or not, but we will definitely do our best to win tomorrow's game.
I don't know if the stadium will be full, but the supporters will come in large numbers, as they were in the preliminaries. When they are with us we have an extra chance. At home we can beat anyone, we proved it on the field. I didn't get here for nothing, I beat strong teams.
The atmosphere in the team is very good. In the last game we won, we are confident that we will win and I hope that we will take the series of positive results as far as possible. E one of my dreams to play in Europe. I don't want to think that I got here and that was it. I want to get out of groups if possible, because it would be a very big achievement”, he added.
Bancu, about the fans of Craiova: “Thanks to them we got here!”
Around 20,000 Craiova fans are expected at tomorrow's game, and the team captain mentioned their importance.
“We really need the supporters. Thanks to them we got here. There were situations when we lost in the first leg, but here we managed to turn the result around.”
We have to respect what the mystery says, otherwise the game won't work. Hopefully tomorrow we will all be ready both physically and tactically, If we do everything we have prepared this week, we definitely have a good chance of winning. They are a good team, they concede goals very hard, but at home we managed to score every time.
– Nicușor Bancu, University of Craiova
