Statements from the two coaches:

Octavian Benga: “Another defeat, with probably the best team in League 2 at the moment. With a very big budget, good staff, some very good players, very good play. We expected them to play like that, as proof we asked the players not to make mistakes. We gave away that penalty, then the corner goal, the first corner goal we got. 2-0, we also had some situations and a bar in the first half. And then the second half, we had 2-1 and I think we managed to even the game. We could have made it 2-2 in a couple of moments and in the end, again a positional mistake and that’s the final score. It’s probably deserved, we have to admit it’s a better team, but, I repeat, we could not even lose if we didn’t make those mistakes and speculate the defensive mistakes of Poli Iasi, because we surprised them in a few moments with a few chances to score. Of course it can’t be done, I don’t know, I think we should ask those who gave the press release what the result is or what happens if we don’t score six points … about the press release, I don’t know if there was more pressure on the players, but I tried to motivate them, to give everything on the pitch, to try to score points and I think they tried, but again some mistakes or maybe the youth of some players in their naivety made us lose today. Nobody called me. I didn’t talk to anyone. I was with the players in training camp… I wasn’t called by anyone and I don’t know what the meaning of it is or what can be interpreted from it. It remains to be seen, I can’t speak for others. I can’t say, I think I would disturb and I can never talk about the club and especially the club Poli. I haven’t spoken to absolutely anyone. There is no fear, there were those very quick mistakes. We tried to let Iasi open, we knew they were vulnerable on their negative transition and on our positive transition, as a proof of that the chances came. Those goals appeared, at some point we put pressure and we did offensive and ultra-offensive pressing, but there were situations, it depends on how each individual judges, I as a coach organize the team as a group, individually it’s quite hard in the seniors, it also depends on their interpretation and their football quality”

Leontin Grozavu: “Important and deserved. This is football in League 2, a lot of fighting, impassable pitches and then there are moments like this, but all in all, congratulations to the boys, they had another solid game. Let’s not forget that it’s the end of the championship, the stakes are high for all teams. We are the team that manages to score goals, we try to play quality football, we don’t get it right every time, congratulations and hats off to the boys for the way they present themselves. There’s a long way to go. We still have a long way to go. Every time in football, even when you beat 5-0, there are times when you can’t be fully satisfied. I’m a very demanding guy, the boys know, there are things that need to be corrected. Every big team in the world has moments where they let their guard down. Moments of weakness, but sure, that’s why we’re there for them, we support each other. In the end it’s what we do that matters. We talked before the game, we talked now, I’m sorry he’s in this situation. But for sure, I don’t think it’s Tavi Benga’s fault for the situation Poli is in right now. There are many other problems and I’m not in a position to raise them myself. A city like Timisoara needs a lot more before it wants to perform. Infrastructure, many other things. Timisoara deserves much more!”