Article by Ionuţ Coman – Published Friday, 06 February 2026, 15:37 / Updated Friday, 06 February 2026 15:37
There is only a theoretical chance of a place in the play-offs, lighthouse Constanța is doing its calculations for the play-out fight.
And the first hop is the trip on Saturday, from Slobozia, where the white-blues meet a desperate team after winning only one game in the last 15 stages in the Superliga.
Ianis Zicu, before Unirea Slobozia – Farul: “We will probably meet again in the play-out”
“It's a difficult match, with a team below us in the rankings again the victory is all the more important as we will probably meet Slobozia again in the play-out and we have to increase the distance. We have to find all the positive energy to take the three points.
When we started this mini-return, we knew we would meet two Top 3 opponents in the first four stages. If we said we got 6-7 points, it would have been a decent average. With 7 points after three games and with a chance to win with Dinamo, there is now a bit of frustration.
But we don't have time to think about what it was, because we risk losing in the future”, explained Ianis Zicu, who will be able to use the midfielder Victor Dican again, returned after the suspension.
Ianis Zicu is ready for the duel with his former colleague from Dinamo: “We all know Claudiu Niculescu's style”
The 42-year-old technician does not believe that his former teammate from Dinamo, Claudiu Niculescu, newly appointed to the technical bench of the Ialomists, will be able to make too much of an impression on Unirii's game.
Vlad Munteanu during the Dinamo period, together with Ianis Zicu and Claudiu Niculescu / photo: GSP archive
“It will be a different type of game, with a team that has a new coach and will find the energy to give something else, because that's what usually happens. It will be more organized defensively, because we all know Claudiu Niculescu's style.
We have to play very fast to be able to break them down and be very careful in defense. They play on the counterattack, they did it like that with Prepe, and I don't think they can change it in just two days”, said Ianis Zicu.
If we play like we did in the last two games, I think we will win. There is still a chance in the play-offs and we will fight until the end.
– Denis Alibec, Farul striker
Departure on the day of the match
Dissatisfied with the schedule, which brought them into the situation of playing against Union just two and a half days after the duel with Dinamo, the Constantinians took an extreme measure. They will travel to Slobozia on Saturday morning, and will train on Friday at the Hagi Academy sports base.
“We're leaving on the day of the game and we're trying to rest today, to stay calm. It's only an hour and a half away. When we were playing at Dinamo and staying at Săftica, to the stadium, because it was being built in the northern area of Bucharest, we took two hours by bus. We were stuck in traffic, even with a police crew in front. And we won championships and matches in European cups, so it's not a problem,” explained the coach The lighthouse.
We are taking it one game at a time and if we still have a mathematical chance, we hope to be at the end of the play-offs.
– Răzvan Tănăsa, Farul midfielder
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