Alexandru Cicâldău, immediately after the failure with FC Argeș: “Are we talking about pressure?”
Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Friday, March 13, 2026, 11:16 p.m. / Updated Friday, March 13, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
University of Craiova – Arges 0-1. Alexandru Cicâldău, the Olten midfielder, was extremely disappointed after the failure in the first stage of the play-off.
Cicâldău declared that the fight for the title is too close for the Oltenians to be considered favorites and declared that he does not feel pressure.
Alexandru Cicâldău: “Everyone said we were favorites, but a lot can change in two matches”
“We started the game very badly, unfortunately we lost a match that we should have won. We will see what we did wrong and from tomorrow we will think about the next match. Are we talking about pressure? We don't feel pressure, there are 9 matches, 9 finals, we have to give our best and come out victorious.
Everyone said we were favourites, but a lot can change in two games. Unfortunately, we didn't win, but from tomorrow we have to forget and think about the next game.
It was normal to try to play decisively, especially at the end, when we were led. We were trying to equalize first, then go and win, but unfortunately, that was it,” said Cicâldău, on Prima Sport 1.
It was not a good performance. We had an opportunity to score, but in the second half we entered differently, with a better attitude. We tried to score, but the game kept stopping many times. We had opportunities, we didn't score, then the game stopped again and again.
– Filipe Coelho, coach Craiova
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