Raul Rusescu, 37 years old, triple champion of Romania, built, live on GSP Live, the first ideal “11” of the 2025-2026 Superliga season.
The show's analyst went for the 3-5-2 system, also used by the new champion, the University of Craiova. Also, Rusescu selected 7 players from Olteni!
Raul Rusescu's Dream Team: “Rus is the surprise of the season. Assad adapted very well to the requirements”
Rusescu justified his options:
“I will play 1-3-5-2, the champion's system.Gertmonas in the gate. Popescu and Isenko kind of shared their minutes, that's why I go for Gertmonas. I like Isenko a lot, I liked him at the start of the season, he was important for Craiova. Too bad he got injured. He's been injured quite a bit, otherwise he'd probably be playing all the minutes and he deserved to be on this team.
I go for 3 central defenders: Coubis, I screech and Adrian Rus. Rus seems to me to be the surprise of the season, I did not expect him to have such a good and consistent season. Screciu reinvented himself with the transition to the 3 stopper system, I'm happy for him. This job suits him well.
In the bands they will be Bench and Morano doubt here. Chipciu is Bancu's reserve”, were the first posts held by Rusescu.
He continued with the structure in the middle, disputed by the first two ranked: “Bic, Anzor Mekvabishvili and Cicada“. Strikers: “Lukic and Al-Hamlawi. At the end of the season, Assad showed us that he adapted very well to the demands of the new coach“.
The team of the season in the Superliga, chosen by Raul Rusescu:
The coach of the season, the leader of the season, both from Craiova!
“Let's not forget, the arrival of Filipe Coelho was a turning point, an important moment that we have to give to Felgueiras. If there was an award for a sports director, he would be the winner.
The coach of the season is Coelho. In the important moments, like the match against U Cluj at home, he showed that he can play in a different way. I didn't think it would be like this. The match with U Cluj showed that Craiova University can play football even in the Coelho era. He also won the event, he deserves it”, added Rusescu, former champion with both Unirea Urziceni and FCSB, top scorer of the 2012-2013 championship.
The “boycott” of Raul Rusescu: “No U21 player!”
Known as an opponent of the U21 rule, Rusescu made it clear from the start that he would not choose any eligible player for the youth representative in the starting formula, as “none deserve it”
“Why should there be U21 players?! There is no such thing! It's the Dream Team of the Super League. In the best team, it's not mandatory to put an under player.
None qualify this year. Last year it was Louis Munteanu, he was good, deservedly so. Now no U21 player deserves to be in the ideal «11». It is not mandatory that the best team in the championship has an U21 footballer, because they are the best players, who had the best performances. I don't want to choose a U21 player, because he doesn't deserve any”, argued Rusescu, present on the set of GSP Live.
