Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published on Thursday, 06 November 2025, 18:51 / Updated on Thursday, 06 November 2025 18:54
Ilie Dumitrescu, former Romanian international and current TV analyst, analyzed the starting team of FCSB against Basel, match in stage #4 of the Europa League.
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FC Basel – FCSB is scheduled today, from 19:45, on “St. Jakob-Park”. Special reporters Remus Dinu and Cezar Titor are in Switzerland and provide the Gazeta readers with the most relevant information before the Europa League match.
Ilie Dumitrescu said that the formation chosen by Charalambous and Pintilii is very offensive and will have problems when they are not in possession. The former international is of the opinion that FCSB must keep possession of the ball as much as possible to cause problems for the Swiss.
Ilie Dumitrescu, verdict on the FCSB starting team for the match against Basel: “We will see what reaction they will have when the ball is lost”
“At FCSB, there are personnel problems. Big ones. It's hard to replace in the central defense area. In the past we were talking about a solid team with Crețu, Dawa and Mihai Popescu, so the pair of central defenders. Three players from the basic team from last season.
There are problems. In the past this team has looked very good defensively and that was an asset. It was a compact team that won a lot of duels, and now it has lost its intensity. There were also problems in the middle and in attack.
This is a formula, from my point of view, superoffensive. When you don't play with Lixandru – Shot and you play with Shot – Tănase in this position, and you play with Thiam and Miculescu, Bîrligea in front and Olaru in the back is a formula that denotes that we think positively, that we can get a good result. Now, in the game without the ball, we should also see Thiam and Miculescu, Olaru to go down more, on the same line as Tănase and Șut.
You have a lot of quality and when we get possession we can surprise them. Our main argument is when the team gets possession. We will see what reaction they will have when the ball is lost”, Ilie Dumitrescu told Digi Sport.
The starting teams in Basel – FCSB
Basel (4-2-3-1): Hitz – Vouilloz, Barisic, Daniliuc, Cisse – Metinho, Leroy – Traore, Shaqiri (capt.), Soticek – Borschinski
Reserves: Salvi, Pfeiffer, Otele, Koindredi, Agbonifo, Bacanin, Salah, van Breemen, Ruegg, Adjetey, Ze, Kaio Eduoardo
Coach: Ludovic Magnin
FCSB (4-2-3-1): Târnovanu – Pantea, Ngezana, Graovac, Radunovic – Tănase, Șut – Miculescu, Olaru (capt.), Thiam – Bîrligea
reserves: Udrea, Zima, Alibec, Kiki, Lixandru, Edjouma, Politic, Cisotti, O. Popescu, Alhassan
Coach: Elias Charalambous
