Article by Maria Olteanu – published Wednesday, 06 August 2025, 07:39 / Updated Wednesday, 06 August 2025 07:39
Former Romanian international Gabi Balint (62 years old) analyzed the tour match between FCSB and Drita and does not have many hopes before this confrontation, considering how the Romanian champion showed in the last matches.
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FCSB – Drita, sleeve 1 of the preliminary round of the Europa League, is played on Thursday evening, from 9:30 pm. The match will be LiveText on GSP.ro, with images and information transmitted in real time from the reporters of the Sports Gazette and on TV on PRO TV
He believes that FCSB does not have a good enough lot, that the reserve bank is too short, that it has easily given up some players and that, per-total, the transfer strategy has been “failed”.
He talked about a psychic blockade among the champion footballers, who have now tied four consecutive matches with defeat.
Gabi Balint, scorching before the tour match with Drita: “Can we still have expectations at how stupid it started?”
“We can still have expectations for how stupid the FCSB season has started?
It is clear that it is a mental blockage, there may be something physical, but many come from the confidence that the players have no longer. I no longer manage to have possession, and they often hide from the game because of fear.
FCSB is now in 2-3 players. Here I mean Tanase. If Tanase is in shape, he solves certain things, but he cannot alone. It takes the whole team.
I don't know Drita, but I know that the Romanian national had problems with Kosovo. They are probably similar to North Macedonia, Shkendija. Maybe a little better, but I don't know them. If FCSB recovers, I think he is able to move on. If this negative form is not continued, it does not qualify.
As they showed up in the past matches, it would certainly be a qualification in the Europa League group. But it is not enough to go through Drita. They still have the play-off, but they would be safe in Conference League.
It will be hard without Tanase. He has shown that he is a decisive player at certain times, but he needs a team. The attackers did not recover and showed nothing in these two matches. Olaru I saw that it is still far from his last year's form.
They gave up some players easily and they don't have much lot, they don't have much bank. They thought the transfers arrived, but no, he had to take players. They took money last year and should have reinvested them in players. Then, he may have had no problems. Look, Craiova hit her this year with the transfers.
FCSB took few players and was a failed strategy for transfers, from my point of view”, Said Gabi Balint before the tour match with Drita in an interview for Pro TV, quoted by Sport.ro.
