it was not the failure with FC Bihor that mattered, but something else! » The coach didn't “smell” anything

The coach who qualified the team from Dâmboviţa in the play-offs had no way of missing the goal for this season established by the contract: places 1-10.

For the third defeat out of as many games played in this play-off, Chindia is in 6th place, 3 points behind 4th place, occupied by Steaua (a less contested game). But he couldn't get below 6th place.

Ilie Poenaru had taken over in the summer of 2025 a team that, in the last championship, had saved itself from relegation to the 3rd league at the pool, with FC Dumbrăvița.

Today, after the lost match with Bihoren, Ilie Poenaru came to the press conference as normal. He talked about the team's problems, but also about the next game, on Wednesday, with Corvinul, away from home, with Corvinul Hunedoara.

Ilie Poenaru: “They gather, it's hard to motivate them when they see what's happening”

Asked what the atmosphere is like in the locker room after the recent announcement by the mayor Daniel Cristian Stan that he will not give any more money to the team, apart from the ones sent so far, the technician said that “the players have also discussed the situation, it is clear that it did not go well for them.

That's why I say that there are many factors that affect a percentage each, that it's 5 percent, 10 percent, 15 percent, but all added together give a large percentage, which affects them. Now we are not looking for excuses… It is very difficult to motivate them.

It is clear that they are thinking, that they have families, they are gathered from all over the country, it is not easy. No matter what you tell them, they see the news, they see what is being discussed..“.

During this time, the mayor was still at the stadium, together with the president and majority shareholder, Marius Pavel. And, according to some GSP.ro sources, the mayor would have been informed of these comments by the coach.

So, immediately after the press conference, Poenaru was called to the offices and informed by the two that he was fired. And the official announcement came very quickly on the club's website.

The other decision-making factor in the association, Corneliu Ștefan, the president of the Dâmbovița County Council, had left at halftime, when the score was 1-1.

Reproaches also after the match with Steaua

In the previous round, Chindia lost in Ghencea 2-0, having two players eliminated, Daniel Florea and Dylan Mboumbouni. And after the game, also at the meeting with the press, Ilie Poenaru reproached the authorities that he had no preparation conditions.

As the U20 and U21 teams trained in Târgoviște, for the matches against Poland and San Marino respectively, played on the “Eugen Popescu” arena, Chindia had no place to train on grass.

He only used the synthetic pitch because there is no grass training ground in the city that will soon have two stadiums.

The only time when the preparation was done on the grass, before the confrontation with the “military”, was when they arrived in Bucharest and were on the “Arc de Triumf”.

Thus, the same sources claim that Poenaru's removal would not only stem from the results, but also because he spoke too much against those who manage the club from Dâmbovița.

Mihai Pintilii, the former runner-up from FCSB, has the best chance to replace him. Ilie Poenaru could not be reached for comment on his dismissal.