Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Friday, 21 November 2025 23:46 / Updated on Saturday, 22 November 2025 00:07
FC Arges – Craiova University 1-2. Mihai Rotaru, the shareholder of Olten, went live on TV after the victorious debut of the Portuguese Filipe Coelho (44 years old).
He congratulated the team for the win and explained why the coach changed the system for this game.
He wanted to highlight Monday Etim (26 years old), the striker who created the first goal and scored the second.
At the end of the intervention, he “stung” Mirel Rădoi, the one who resigned: “We were looking for this balance, we don't need fluctuations”.
Mihai Rotaru, statements after FC Argeș – Universitatea Craiova 1-2: “We want consistency, that's what we need”
“We sought this balance with the arrival of Coelho, we don't need fluctuations. We want constancy, that's what we need. Ok, you can't just have clear days in football, that's clear, you can't do that, unfortunately, and then you have to manage both phases of the game, the better moments and the less good ones.
This is what Etim used to play, this position. He was a mobile striker or a right winger. He, apart from the goal and the assist, provided two more assists, but Baiaram and Anzor did not score. He has some fabulous numbers if you look at how many minutes he has played.
It looks good on the numbers. He attacks the spaces very well, he has great speed, I think he will get a lot of penalties. He is a player who goes where no one thinks he can go. Very good force ability, will help us for sure.
The championship suffers from players attacking the spaces. Little by little we begin to have. Assad has done his job. As long as the team won, it means everyone did their job. And France won a World Cup and Giroud didn't score, so let's emerge champions and he doesn't score and I'm not mad.
I'm out of the country, I didn't go to training, I don't know what they did. I went to one session, two or three days after he arrived. I talked to the staff, not the players, because half of them were in the national team. I stayed for a quarter of training and left”, said Rotaru, at Prima Sport.
The reason why Craiova switched to a system with two central defenders: “It was a calculated thing”
The Olten financier explained the reason why Filipe Coelho changed the system. He went from one with three central defenders to one with two.
“I didn't talk to the coach, I talked to Mario Felgueiras. They argued that it didn't make sense to keep three defenders for one Argeș forward, which makes sense. It does not mean that the system at Craiova University has changed. It was a calculated thing for this match.
We didn't even have Mora, who made the whole band. We had the classic right back, it made sense. If it was Mora, it was a different approach. They had only one striker, it didn't make sense to keep three men for him,” added Rotaru.
We could suffer it when Bancu cleared the goal, it could turn out badly. There I said “Ok, tonight God helps us”. A game we controlled and we could have lost two points there.
Those who are fit will play, they will also play non-stop, but it does not mean that there will be personnel rotations, let's say, depending on the matches. We have almost a week until the match with Mainz, enough time to prepare him.
Let's hope for a win. With a foot and a half we are in the play-offs.– Mihai Rotaru
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