CFR Cluj remained without a coach on the technical bench, after being humiliated without the right of appeal by BK Hacken, final score 2-7, in the Play-off of Conference League.
Ioan Varga is looking for a substitute for Dan Petrescu, on the technical bench of CFR Cluj. TV capture
Dan Petrescu (57 years old) did not wait for the return with the Swedes and announced his resignation as a coach from CFR Cluj on Thursday night. A colossal failure recorded in the account of the Transylvanian band pushed the coach at a drastic decision.
“In 25 years of coaching my teams have never received seven goals. Not even five. It is a terrible day for me and for the club. I intended to resign after the return, but I resign now. I am ashamed of the result, as a coach, I have to take responsibility! ”acknowledged the coach, at the press conference at the end of the match with BK Hacken.
Ioan Varga has three made for CFR's Technical Bank
Ioan Varga (66 years old), the owner of CFR Cluj, was not delighted by the result of the band. However, the Gruia group official did not plan to dismiss Dan Petrescu, the withdrawal decision belonging to the coach.
“Give God health (no to Dan Petrescu) if he resigned, I have nothing to do. I can only say that he is a man and is a man of character who, at least, has assumed this failure, who belongs to him. I accept his resignation without problems and we will think who comes instead of Dan Petrescu at CFR Cluj ”said Ioan Varga, for Fanatik.ro.
Cosmin Contra, in pole-postion
In a devastating scenario, in which CFR Cluj missed its goal for the European cups, Ioan Varga continues to hope for a miracle in the internal competition, although there the Transylvanians are panting hard. The financier of the Cluj analyzed the options and chose three favorites for the technical bank of the band.
According to prosport.ro, Varga would be interested in contacting Cosmin Contra, a coach who found out, in the past, on the official's wish list and who is free of contract after the missed experience in Saudi Arabia. In hot, the other two options would be represented by Cristiano Bergodi, a contract free of contract from the separation of Rapid, and Andrea Mandorlini, a technician who prepared CFR in the past and left the team in 2024. Until then, at the match with Sunday, the team will be led by one of Dan Petrescu.
