Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Friday, January 23, 2026, 7:37 p.m. / Updated Friday, January 23, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
Mihai Teja (47 years old), the coach of Metaloglobus, drew the first conclusions in the flash-interview, after his team lost on Friday evening, in the opening round with number 23, at home, against those from FC Argeș, score 0-2.
He came very disappointed after a new failure at the helm of the Bucharest team, he was dissatisfied with what he saw on the field and brought accusations including against the opponents, for the way the first half was played in Clinceni.
In his opinion, both teams chose the wrong strategy for the first 45 minutes, “with the balls banging”, and that in the end the difference was made by the team that made fewer mistakes.
Mihai Teja's reaction, after the failure with FC Argeș
“I told them in the first half to put the ball down, but both of them banged the ball, I didn't like it, neither you nor the people who come to the stadium.
Up, up, whatever, I don't like this thing, I told them to be more focused, to try to play, even if we still make mistakes, but we make a lot of mistakes. Everyone says to play more pragmatically, what do you mean: rumble the ball?
I need a striker, a man on the second ball, it's not easy, it's very difficult, you see, in the end you can't win either way. No one guarantees you that if you don't play football you will win, championships may have been won that way, but… the team that performed with the long ball, bang whatever it will be, that's it.
We have no certainty in one way of the game, I have to teach them to play football, to do tactics, but you saw the first half. I was ashamed to watch the match in the first half, both us and the opponent, on both sides. It was normal that whoever made the least mistakes would win, we made a mistake, elimination, foul, red card, they had good quality, a goal from a fixed phase, it's hard to come back”, said Mihai Teja, after the match, on the microphone of “Fotbal Club”, from Digi Sport.
Last round, after the 0-1 failure with Rapid, Teja said that he did not know the qualities of Ghimfuș, a player who arrived from Sepsi: “I don't know him, I don't know him. I can't figure out how it goes, maybe I wasn't inspired, I don't know.”
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