The management of Hermannstadt took a stance after the first match with Dorinel Munteanu » Gigi Becali's “tactics”, imitated?!

Ashley Davis15/12/2025

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Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Monday, December 15, 2025, 08:16 / Updated Monday, December 15, 2025 08:18

Daniel Niculae (43 years old), the president of FC Hermannstadt, intervened live on Sunday evening after the team he leads debuted with the left under the command of the new coach, Dorinel Munteanu, 0-2 failure at homeagainst the University of Craiova, in round #20 of the Superliga.

He began his speech by saying that he is angry with any player who receives a yellow card for protests, somehow recalling the fines set by Gigi Becali, who charge each footballer cautioned with a card for similar situations with 10,000 euros.

Daniel Niculae analyzed the Sibiu team's game, talked about the next test, with Petrolul, but also about the appointment of Dorinel Munteanu and the full trust he gives him, in the hope that he will restore the team and save it from relegation. He talked about the winter break, about the fact that he wants reinforcements in the team and about the training camp that will take place in Antalya.

Daniel Niculae's conclusions after another failure at Hermannstadt

“I'm angry at any player who gets a yellow for protesting, but I'm also angry at the result. Every game we've had good moments. We started well, then that goal came from a nice move. The second goal could have been avoided, we missed it too and probably would have gone the way we would have liked.

We hope to win against Petrol. I deserved an 11 meters, I don't know what the people in the VAR room thought there. It was an irony. We showed that it is possible in some places, we rose to the level of Craiova, we really dominated, we have a place to start building, to gain points, our place is not that

The winter break is coming, in which things will be put in place, I am not very comfortable. I think we're going to pull it off and get out of that position. We chose Dorinel, including me. He is a good coach who has proven that he can achieve good things. There was an accident at Sepsi, I'm sure we'll manage to get the team out of there.

Dorinel has all our support, we are with him until the end. We'll get things sorted out during this break. Sibiu is not second to last. Our position must be much higher. Our camp will be in Antalya, we will leave on January 3rd, we will return on the 13th.

I say we can bring players, we need fresh forces. Together we will choose the solutions”, said Daniel Niculae, after the match on Sunday evening, on the show “Footbal Club”, from Digi Sport.