Article by David Marinescu – Published Saturday, January 31, 2026, 10:27 / Updated Saturday, January 31, 2026 10:28
Florin Tanase (31 years old), the midfielder from FCSBsuffered a muscle tear a week ago and went urgently to the “doctor” Marijana Kovacevic, in Belgrade, who gets the players back on their feet in record time. The recovery was quick, and the decar of the title champion made great efforts to return in time and prepare for the match with Csikszereda, from the 24th stage of the Superliga.
Mihai Stoica (60 years old), the president of the club's Board of Directors, revealed that Tănase, once he found out that he had recovered, urgently took a taxi from Belgrade to Timisoara, from where he took a plane to Bucharest, to prepare for several days with the team for the match with Csikszereda on February 1.
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Thus, with a road distance of 152 km between Belgrade and Bucharest, and a fare of approximately 0.9 euro/km, Florin Tănase spent approximately 274 euro for the round trip, as is done in the case of long distances. At the BNR exchange rate these days, 274 euros means approximately 1,400 RON.
Florin Tănase urgently returned to FCSB training: “Understand how much he wants to play”
“Things are going well with Florin Tănase. To understand how much he wants to play and help this team, how much he loves football. When he heard that his injury was “from Marijana”, in despair, he said “I'm leaving now”.
I told him: “It's Saturday, you're leaving on Sunday.” No, he went to Belgrade, on January 28 he did the last session, he did the ultrasound. The day before we were talking and he said: “If I don't have to do another session after the ultrasound, if the muscle is clean, I'll come tomorrow evening”.
I asked him: «How about coming tomorrow evening? You have nothing to come with!”. He told me he was taking a car and going all the way to Timișoara, because there was a ride from Timișoara to Bucharest.
And that's what he did. He took a taxi from Belgrade, went by taxi to Timișoara, from there he boarded a plane and came to Bucharest“, said Mihai Stoica, according to fanatik.ro.
The president of the FCSB Board of Directors also stated that Florin Tănase will start in the match against Csikszereda: “Thursday he trained in the base, it was very good, I think we will see him from the first minute against Csikszereda on Sunday”.
This says a lot about Florin Tănase in general, because a lot of people were left with the feeling that Florin Tănase, as it was said before, was this stupid custom, that he is faking, that he is a prima donna. Not. Florin Tănase really is a fighter, he's a player we really needed!
– Mihai Stoicaabout Florin Tănase
