Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Friday, March 20, 2026 9:28 p.m. / Updated Friday, March 20, 2026 9:56 p.m.
Raul Rusescu, the former footballer from FCSB, commented on GSP Live Special the second game of the red-blue team in the play-out, the 1-0 victory over UTA Arad.
Raul Rusescu briefly commented on the uneventful match at the National Arena. Moderator Mihai Mironică raised the issue of low assists in the Superliga.
The attendance reported by the FCSB club for the match with UTA was 5,211 spectators, and Raul Rusescu continued by comparing the attendance recorded by the red-blue group with the number of people who were present on Thursday evening at the National Arena, at the play-off derby between rival Dinamo and the University of Craiova, 8,249.
Raul Rusescu commented on the assists in the Superliga after FCSB – UTA 1-0: “Did you have people in the stadiums just because FCSB was in the play-offs?”
“I say it's acceptable to have 5,000 people at a play-out game. If there were 7,000 last night at the derby… No irony! This is one of the problems to be fixed in the future: to no longer have an audience for the result. Let's come to matches regularly, even when things don't look good. It is possible to lower the average.
We should cultivate, like this, a supporter attitude. It's a shame to see how it was at last night's derby. OK, it's a play-out game, 5,000, but last night there were few for a derby. It's not OK for Dinamo either from the business point of view. The National Arena is not easy to rent.
I am negatively surprised. Dinamo still have chances. The lot does not favor her, maybe neither do the ideas, OK, but it should have been at least 25,000 for such a match! Standard. You mean you had the stadiums full just because it was the champion team in the play-offs?
It's about communication, educating the supporters to understand a project like Dinamo's, like Rapidul's. They must understand that there are more difficult times. If you're in the second round of the play-offs, five points off first place, don't be mad at me, but you can't blame the club or the players! The club probably lost tens of thousands of euros. The club went out of business,” Raul Rusescu told GSP Live Special.
The second half was better. They stayed longer in the opposing half, had more situations, even if they didn't have shots on goal. They also scored after a recovery. Superb pass in the hole by Olaru for Miculescu who completes simply and to the point. A better half.
The moral victory was more important than the game. It was important to win, to unlock this state of nervousness, of failure. When you're in a bad situation it's important to win, no matter how! They did it, they have almost two weeks until the next game. Things should look better after this break for the national team.
For Olaru, there was a lot of competition for the position in the national team.
– Raul Rusescu spoke about FCSB – UTA
Ranking in the play-out
