Mirel Rădoi, asked in front if he would accept to train the national of Romania and Craiova simultaneously
Article by Maria Olteanu – published on Friday, September 12, 2025, 17:38 / Updated on Friday, September 12, 20:38
Mirel Rădoi (44 years old), the coach of the University of Craiova, was asked on Friday afternoon, at the press conference before the party with the Lighthouse, in the 9th stage, about the possibility of training in parallel the national team and the club team. He replied on the spot, being sure he would not accept such a variant.
In the last days It was still talking about a possible replacement of Mircea Lucescu From the bank of the first representative, in the context of the unsatisfactory results obtained by the team. Romania had two parties in September, a friendly with Canada, lost in Bucharest, score 0-3, and a match in the World Cup preliminaries, on Cyprus, equal 2-2, although it led 2-0.
Lucescu said he would accept to go aside, if a viable replacement will come to take over the national team, but after the discussion with the FRF president, Răzvan Burleanu, on Thursday, have reached the decision to continue in the same formula.
However, Rădoi, a former coach at the Great National and Youth national team, was asked if he had been tempted to accept the proposal to take over the national team again.
Mirel Rădoi does not think to train the Romanian national
“Would you accept to train Craiova University, and the national team if an offer came?”, Rădoi was asked, who answered without hesitation.
“There is no such thing. If I am the supporter of the national team and I am, I think in the chances. After this double, I realized that the national team was expected to have these results. We were completely cleared of the Campaign of the League of Nations. As if these results were expected. It happened not to be a good action.
We have accepted from the draw that Austria is the one who is fighting in the first position and with Bosnia for the second place. Now that we see that Bosnia has higher chances in the second place, we became very frustrated and said that the players are no longer good, that the coach forgot football.
We speak one, two with resignations. Then we begin that the federation does not give continuity to the coach. Instead of finding solutions, we nod. I have seen few people who came with solutions in the last days, “said Mirel Rădoi at the press conference preceding the game with the Lighthouse, scheduled on Sunday, September 14, on” Ion Oblemenco “, from 18:00.
VIDEO. Mirel Rădoi press conference
