Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Friday, November 28, 2025, 00:18 / Updated Friday, November 28, 2025 04:14
Red Star – FCSB 1-0. Daniel Bîrligea, the striker of the red-blues, had an extremely harsh speech about himself.
The FCSB player was disappointed and found no explanation for the team's form. The Romanian champion has only 3 points and has ticked off 4 failures in a row in the Europa League. He lost with Steaua Roșie even though he had an extra man from the 27th minute.
Bîrligea considers himself one of the culprits for the failure. This season, the striker has scored 7 goals in all competitions, a performance below his expectations.
Daniel Bîrligea: “I'm embarrassing, I can't call myself a striker”
“Disaster. I don't know what else to say. We could have had a different game, but we got almost nothing.
We don't have any more opportunities, we can't do anything anymore. If I had and missed them… I had one in 90 minutes. I did not touch the ball in 16 meters, as a striker. Neither of us made a good match. The match could have been different, but it wasn't to be. As frustrated as the fans are, so are we. We want to do more, but we can't. I hope we change something, I don't know.
It's a mental thing. After you lose, lose, lose, I don't think you're clear-headed. We want to, but it doesn't work out. Something has to change. I don't know how, but I hope we can change something! I think I sprained my ankle, but we'll see.
I never wanted to leave, I never asked to leave. There has been no talk of leaving since I've been here. Whoever wants to argue with me, argue with me, I try to give everything. I know I'm not 100%, but it's not because I don't want to.
Seeing the team fail to do something is also because of me. I'm an embarrassing striker, I can't call myself a striker. I have 3 goals in 20 league games. It's fair to be criticized. There are 3 more matches, we will not back down and we will fight”, said Bîrligea, on Digi Sport 1.
