Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Sunday, May 31, 2026 11:45 p.m. / Updated Sunday, May 31, 2026 11:53 p.m.
Ionuț Larie (39 years old), the central defender and captain from Farul, drew the conclusions, after his team saved itself from relegation after dam with Chindia (1-1, 4-2 on penalties).
Ionuț Larie admitted that he had very high emotions throughout the game. He said what the second relegation in his career would have meant for him, after the one with Delta Tulcea in 2009.
Ionuț Larie, after Farul – Chindia: “It is very difficult to play low”
“It's hard to play down there. When we won the championship, there were positive emotions. This year has been getting worse and worse until today. Everyone is on holiday, only us and poor Hermannstadt struggled.
I thought we could relegate, how could we not. Instead of making life easy, having 1-0, 2-0, we ran for 120 minutes.
I don't know what it would have meant for the city, they have been in this situation before, but for me it would have been another black ball, after the first one, the one in 2009. It was something very ugly”, said Ionuț Larie, at Prima Sport.
It was the last match of my career. I'm not mad, I did my best. After I was changed, it was no longer up to me. That's it, the team that launched me in League 1 stayed in the first league.
– Daniel Florea retired after Farul – Chindia
