“More than 20,000 tickets have been sold”

Also, the official of the title champion revealed that over 20,000 tickets were sold for the derby, of which approximately 5,500 were purchased by Rapid supporters.

Mihai Stoica announced that Daniel Bîrligea will be available for FCSB – Rapid: “We are confident”

“Bîrligea trained normally, he did all the training with the team and we are confident. More than 20,000 tickets have been sold and there are still days until the match. Today the rapid had 5,500 tickets already given out. It is clear that many will come. The relationship between the clubs is very good. Before, if there were problems related to reciprocity, now there are no more.

It is extremely important for us because in the event of a victory we would end up hopelessly, so to speak, at a fairly small distance from Rapid and those in front. Craiova will probably win, Dinamo does not have an easy game in Arad. Pitesti plays in Galați where they may not win. We're also doing new calculations, so far we've never done that before,” said Mihai Stoica at Prima Sport.

Daniel Bîrligea suffered a serious sprain during the match with Red Star Belgrade and was unavailable for the last 5 matches played by FCSB, with Farul (2-1), Dinamo (0-0) and Unirea Slobozia (2-0) in the Superliga, with UTA Arad (0-3) in the Romanian Cup, and with Feyenoord in the Europa League (4-3).

Although it was initially estimated that Daniel Bîrligea would not return this calendar year, the FCSB striker recovered in time and will be available for the derby with Rapid.

i feel good I tried to be almost 100% recovered, especially because I want to play in this very important match. The desire to play made me recover faster. It is also the last match of the year and we would like to close 2025 well and help the team at least in the last hundred meters. Plus it's a high-stakes derby.

– Daniel Bîrligeastriker FCSB

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