“U” Cluj is going through a dark period. The “Red Caps” lost three matches within a week, one in the semi-finals of the Cup and considerably reduced their chances of participating in European cups.
After the last results, Ioan Ovidiu Sabău admitted that the players’ morale is low and threatened that he will not be satisfied with fighting to avoid relegation from the next season as well.
Moreover, the former midfielder from Brescia is willing to take a step back, in case the club management will consider that the coach is guilty at the Cluj University.
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău: “I’d rather not do this job than to fight to avoid relegation”
“There is a total lack of trust at the moment. I was up there for the play-offs, I lost that moment. Then we wasted the opportunity to play a final. Likewise, I lost. And you lose confidence, that’s the truth.
From an appreciated, respected coach, you are now a nobody! From players appreciated, respected, encouraged all the time, now they are very weak players… I hope we become the team that won people’s respect again. It depends on us how we will react.
It is a very difficult time, but we must not give up. I am very confident that there is no question of relegating or getting to the play-off! I trust the players. It’s a difficult situation, we have the support of the management, of various people, who send us messages of encouragement. As there are also people who denigrate us, it is a reality that we must accept
For me, if better solutions are found and they have other better options, I am willing to leave and even come with money from home to help the team. Here we are not questioning whether “Sabău is leaving or not”. We do not discuss this issue.
I have confidence in myself, in everything I’ve worked on, I haven’t changed, I have the same principles. I try to gather the players, give them confidence. I care a lot about them, I have to find those words that will give them courage for a new victory.
I will no longer accept and I will no longer settle for fighting relegation. I better not do this job anymore. It is clear that next year things must look different”, said the head coach from U Cluj”, said Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, before the match with Poli Iasi.
At this moment, the University of Cluj is in fourth place in the play-out, with 26 points, six lengths away from the relegating first place.
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