“I don’t know if he can take his place”

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The boss of the red-blues announced right after the victory with Farul, score 2-1, that he wants to make seven or eight transfers, and three of the players he wants play in the SuperLigă.

Raul Rusescu believes that FCSB must make transfers very quickly in the summer

Raul Rusescu, the former striker of FCSB, said that he does not believe that Becali will make eight transfers in the summer, but emphasized that these moves must be made as soon as possible.

Also, Rusescu believes that Malcom Edjouma, who will return from the loan from Bari, will not be able to take the place of Lixandru, who has become a fixed point in the first 11 of the FCSB.

“I don’t know if there will be 7-8 players. FCSB must make the transfers early. It is a short break and it is necessary to have the full squad in time to prepare the first preliminary round, which is the most important match of the summer.

Edjouma doesn’t know if he can take Lixandru’s place. I really like Lixandru, and as a striker I don’t think he can beat Edjouma (no – laughs)”, says Rusescu.

I’ve said it before, Ovidiu Popescu should be kept in the team, he played very well at left back against Farului”said Raul Rusescu, appropriately gsp.ro.

FCSB will play the first leg of the UCL preliminary round on July 9/10, and the return leg on July 16/17.

Who can FCSB meet in the Champions League preliminaries

Compared to 10 years ago, FCSB no longer has a great European coefficient, only 10,500 points, so in the summer it will almost certainly be seeded only in the first preliminary round.

Due to the seeded status in the first preliminary round, which it will certainly have, FCSB will be the clear favorite. Possible opponents include:

FK Panevezys (Lithuania)
Ordabasy (Kazakhstan)
Vikingur (Iceland)
AC Virtus (San Marino)
UE Santa Coloma / Inter Escaldes / FC Santa Coloma / Athletic Escaldes (Champion of Andorra)
Noah / Pyunik / Ararat-Armenia (Champion of Armenia)
Petrocub / Sheriff / Zimbru (champion of Moldova, only if Sheriff does not win, which would be in the seeded ballot box)

From the second round, the situation changes, because FCSB will almost certainly be in the non-favorite box, so they could come across one of:

Ferencvaros (Hungary)
Qarabag (Azerbaijan)
Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
Bodo/Glimt (Norway)
Sparta / Slavia Prague (Champion of the Czech Republic)

The list can also include the champion of Greece, where AEK, Panathinaikos, PAOK and Olympiakos are fighting for the title, of Denmark, Brondby, Midtjylland or Nordsjaelland, or of Croatia, Rijeka or Dinamo Zagreb. It depends on who will win the championship, because, depending on the club coefficient, the champions of the respective countries can end up either in the seeded or non-favorite urn.

For the third preliminary round, the draw will take place at the same time as the draw for the second round, so if they win the double from the second preliminary round, FCSB will take over the coefficient of the team they beat and can go into the seeding box!

If it will not be seeded, the possible opponents are those from the list of teams that they could meet in the second round, because there are no teams that enter directly into the preliminary third round.

However, if it reaches the seeded ballot box, among the possible opponents would be:

APOEL / AEK Larnaca (Champion of Cyprus)
AEK Athens / Panathinaikos (if one of them wins the championship in Greece. PAOK and Olympiakos would be in the seeded box)
HJK Helsinki
Jaggielonia / Slask / Lech (champion of Poland)
Flora Tallinn

In the play-off, in addition to the qualified teams from the third preliminary round, the following appear as possible opponents for the Romanian champion: