Elvir Koljic, 30 years old, the striker of Rapid, prefaced in a press conference the game with Unirea Slobozia, on Monday evening, scheduled away, from 19:30. He addressed several topics and admitted that FC Argeș deserves to be in the play-offs, considering what happened throughout the season.
After the success of Craiova on Saturday, the Oltenians are sure that they will end the regular season in first place. However, the situation will be extremely tight, and the Rapid forward expects the situation to remain balanced, on a knife edge, in the play-offs as well.
He admitted that for now his team did not meet the objective, being eliminated from the Romanian Cup, the easiest way to the European cups. He also talked about the play-offs and indicated that FC Argeș, one of the three teams fighting for the last place, deserves to be in the top 6.
The statements of Elvir Koljic, before the match with Slobozia
“It matters that we are in the top 3 places, the goal is not met, we want to play in Europe, we are out of the Cup, so we have not met the goal yet. There are still many matches to play in the championship, we want to be up there, we will fight there.
The championship is very, very tight, when the points are halved it will be even tighter. We'll see who else enters the play-offs, the top 3 deserve to be there, I say we're 3 teams up there, we'll see what happens until the end. At this moment, whoever is in the play-off deserves to be there, FC Argeș is in their hands, FCSB is not, FCSB fans are clearly upset, FC Argeș deserves to be there, so I want them to be there.
I also said before that CFR will enter the play-off, they have a series of 10 stages with 10 victories, they deserve to be in the play-off, at U Cluj my friend Lukic is in an extraordinary form, I wish him a lot of luck, keep it up. When the points are halved all teams have a chance for the title.
I saw last night's match, I'm not talking about the refereeing, we didn't receive penalties either, we need to talk about these situations, we needed at least one penalty, if not two. The cup was a very important goal, it took us to Europe directly, maybe the match with Dinamo gave us more confidence, strength, we have to treat tomorrow seriously.
We were also leaders, Botoșani and Craiova for a long time, it is important that we are up there, the close fight will be in the play-offs, there are not many points to recover, we have three more matches with Craiova, whoever is stronger will win”, said Koljic, at the press conference on Sunday at noon.
How FC Argeș qualifies in the play-offs
FC Argeș, now the last in the play-off spot, is the only one within reach and currently the favorite to complete the first 6 positions. FCSB is bound to win both their matches and wait for the Argesans to stumble. UTA also has mathematical chances, but the situation of the Aradians is even more complicated.
In short, FC Argeș needs success. With three more points, they would reach the milestone of 49. FCSB, with 43, could at most equal it, but in the event of a tie, the team from Trivale has the advantage of direct matches.
Even if they won't win against Dinamo on Sunday, FC Argeș is still the team with the best chances in the play-offs. With a success in the last round, with Unirea Slobozia, they would go to the play-offs and complete the leading platoon.
The current Superliga standings
