Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Friday, October 24, 2025, 9:44 p.m. / Updated Friday, October 24, 2025, 9:54 p.m.
Florin Lovin, champion of Romania with FCSB and Astra and friend of Denis Alibec, analyzed the game of the red-blues from the defeat with Bologna, score 1-2, in stage #3 of the Europa League.
The TV analyst is of the opinion that the game of the champion suffers due to the repeated changes in the first 11. And the players of the FCSB were dissatisfied with the strategy of the boss Gigi Becali, that of constantly rotating the players.
Florin Lovin found the main problem in FCSB's game: “In all the good teams in Europe, you know the first 11 by heart”
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“It's a situation where not only one player makes a mistake, but each match is different. It's a group problem, a trust problem, and Elias and Pintilii have a tough task to restore their confidence and the pleasure of playing football.
The worst thing… the reason for the results is that FCSB does not play any match with the same 11. Since the beginning of the championship, I haven't checked, I don't think he played consecutive matches with the same first 11. In all the good teams in Europe, you know the first 11 by heart, that you can't change five, six players from match to match.
You can't have automaticity, homogeneity, because there are always other players, and when those players come in and you're 1-0, you make two, three more changes at half-time and you screw up the mechanics again. That's the biggest problem, important players don't play 90 minutes two, three, four, five, six games in a row.
All the players who play in the championship, but who are reserves in Europe, that they have to play in the championship, are frustrated, and the frustration can be seen in their behavior and it can be seen that they are no longer a united team. The situation is complex and it is important that these players play a few matches in the championship and in Europe. Until this happens, it is hard to believe that FCSB will recover”, Florin Lovin said, according to orangesport.ro.
The FCSB manager's strategy was also challenged by Florin Tănase immediately after the game with Bologna: “It's not so shocking that we are down in the championship. If there are a lot of changes and you don't play with the same team, it's normal to lose points. In the short term we have to mobilize, to win the next match”, Florin Tănase said in the flash interview.
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