“They are the most dangerous”

The “Students” started the play-off perfectly: two victories against CFR Cluj (2-1) and FC Argeș (1-0).

Despite the course and the situation in the ranking, Constantia claims that the club's objective is to qualify for the European Cups, not to win the championship.

Asked who are the main contenders, he spoke about three teams that have winning trophies in their DNA.

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“Craiova is the most dangerous, it has a very strong team, it has also accumulated experience through the good matches it had in the European cups. Then Rapid and CFR Cluj, which are teams with tradition, which have in their DNA the fight for trophies and the title.

In the end, these things I think will matter. These are the main contenders for the title. After all, they have a history of fighting for the title, they have an extremely strong squad.

Everyone manages their own strategy and goals. For us, at the present time, this is the objective we have set for ourselves together with the technical staff and the players.

We take each match individually. At the end of the day, our goal was to get into the play-offs. We achieved that goal and I think that from the start of the play-offs, all six teams have the goal of participating in a European cup.

That is our objective today, to take a place that will allow us to participate in a European cup next season. We do not think further.

Gabi Giurgiu, the sports director, identified Drammeh and Macalou about a year ago and, in the summer, I brought them. Răzvan Zamfir, who heads the entire football department, also came from October, and together with Gabi and the other colleagues, they did a research.

We needed players, we were lacking in the area of ​​side lanes, and Mendy was the best option, together with Adi Falub, who joined the scouting team, so that we could acquire them from the point of view of the budget”, said Radu Constantea, at GSP Live.

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Asked if Issouf Macalouone of the fittest footballers in the Superliga, could be sold to FCSB or to another club, Constantea stated that the Ivorian has two more years left on his contract from the summer, but the club will not object in case of an offer that cannot be refused.

“(no – Are you willing to sell Macalou to FCSB?) One of the goals we had was to extend his contract as quickly as possible. From the summer we have two more years of contract. We are not obliged to sell any players in the summer, from a budget perspective we are stable.

But if offers come for a player that are advantageous for his career and, from a financial point of view, are good for us, there is no such thing as a non-transferable player. But at the moment, we do not have this goal of selling a player, whether we are talking about FCSB or another team abroad.

Coubiș has a season of 34 matches in Serie C, in Italy. For a young player it is important. From our point of view, he looked very good in training in Turkey and in the matches he had.

I think he is a promising player with quality who has gone through all the stages. He was called up to Milan's first team in the summer, played two matches for the senior team in a tournament. He looks very good and this was the reason why Mircea Lucescu decided to summon him.

We hope that he has the best developments for him and his career, that he goes as far as possible, and that we also take advantage of this. We hope to have the opportunity to keep him at our club as long as possible”, concluded Constantea.

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