Article by Cezar Titor – Published Monday, April 27, 2026 7:56 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 27, 2026 7:57 p.m.
He blames the result on the pressure from the “red zone” of the hierarchy, but shifts all the discussion in the direction of the next stage match with Hermannstadt, a crucial match to avoid relegation. He hopes that by next Monday, his students will have recovered mentally. The two are tied on points, with 20 each, both benefiting from rounding off points. However, the advantage is on the side of the Sibiu, with more points in the regular season.
Claudiu Niculescu: “The pressure of the results speaks for itself”
“A shock at the end, as I experienced in other matches. The disappointment is great. The pressure of results speaks for itself, I took a step back. In the end, I walked away with a point. It's not satisfying. Anyway, we had to win the next stage with Hermannstadt. It became a crucial match.
I hope we recover mentally and start over. It is very bitter when we concede such a goal, but in football things can turn in your favor if you work, if you are confident and if you have a spirit of sacrifice.
Until next Monday, we can only lick our wounds, look up from the groundlet's work mentally and do everything we can to win with Hermannstadt.
I didn't talk to Florin Bratu after the match. I'm sorry for him, but I'm not happy for myself either. To summarize this discussion, the most important thing remains the match with Hermannstadt from next week”, communicated “Lunetistul”, after the final whistle of the game in Clinceni, after which we found out the first mathematically relegated team from the Superliga: Metaloglobus.
We are left with that bitter taste, we scored a goal at the end. All in all, sooner or later, this result is a fair one. We didn't create many opportunities either, although we knew that it would leave many spaces that we didn't take advantage of.
We had opportunities to get the ball into the box, but we didn't create enough chances. We missed something on the last pass, I don't know what to say. This tie feels like a loss because it came at the end.
– Robert Popa, Unirea Slobozia goalkeeper
How the Superliga play-out standings look like:
