Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Friday, May 15, 2026 10:52 p.m. / Updated Friday, May 15, 2026 11:33 p.m.
FC Arges – Rapid 2-2. Alexandru Pașcanu (central defender), who scored against Mioveni, explained at the end of the match where the team's decline began.
Pașcanu was very disappointed that Rapid missed Europe this season as well. He believes that a radical change is needed so that this does not happen in the next season. He said what was the match after which everything broke: the failure against U Cluj, 1-2, in the third stage of the play-off.
Alexandru Pașcanu, after FC Argeș – Rapid: “The disappointment is very big”
“It means we have no more chances in Europe. A disappointing season, the way we started it, especially after the first game in the play-offs, is a very big disappointment. It's hard to say why we didn't play like that throughout the play-offs. Personally, I think in all the games we had the same mentality.
I don't know, it's matches and matches. Maybe it was also the pressure of the fact that we were there all season, in the first 2-3 places, and now we had fallen from the European positions.
Now there was no pressure, I only had a 5% chance, it was like a release. We didn't know how to manage a 2-0. We had many chances, but we didn't know how to manage those 10 minutes. I think we don't know how to handle failure. It's everyone's fault: the players, the staff, the management. We are in the same boat and it is important to understand that for next season.
We lost to U Cluj at home and that's when everything fell apart, when I was up there. All kinds of things started that I don't want to talk about. It's about everyone. We all need to sit around the table, talk and try to fix these mistakes.
It's a shame, we work for 11 months and kick the whole season because we lost two games. I think inexperience and lack of personality led to this downfall. It's a pity for these fans, look, the stand is full. The disappointment is great.
Everyone talks about mindset, but what is mindset? You need to see where you went wrong and how you want to change your mindset, but how and where? You play for 11 months very well, until April 25th or a little earlier, and in the last month I kicked everything. I don't know anything personally about the changes, you have to ask the management”, said Alexandru Pașcanu, at Prima Sport.
