Octavian Popescu is regarded as one of FCSB’s most promising players, but the form the Red and Blue youngster is experiencing overshadows the previous season, when his level was very high.

Octavian Popescu, not scored this season

Listed at 4 million euros according to Transfermarkt, Tavi Popescu is far from the footballer who delighted the fans in the previous season and of whom Gigi Bekali was very proud.

The wonderful goals scored against CFR Cluj, Dinamo Bucuresti or FC Voluntari remain only memories, because in the current season the FCSB winger has not sent a single ball into the opponents’ goal.

The scout who discovered and brought the 19-year-old footballer to FCSB spoke about the boy’s poor form.

“Nothing is happening, he is still the same rare special football player whose talent has already been demonstrated in the first league and no one can dispute.

Tavi did not shine as he has in the past because he was not used in his position, the far left. He can only play on the left wing, he is not a midfielder in any position, neither a winger nor a ten.

His game is suffering due to the fact that some at the club wanted to change his profile in order to put their stamp on the career of this extremely talented footballer. Popescu was formed as a left winger, this is how he played in juniors, this is how he became a senior in the first echelon. When they return him to his favorite position, he will become deadly again.

His current form has nothing to do with his value as a footballer, which cannot be disputed. He may have been a bit worried too from the recent game but he will bounce back, he just needs to play a good game and he will be back on form.

He needs a little help because it’s harder to achieve something important if he only comes on the pitch for the last 15 minutes,” Bohdan Kosticea told gsp.ro.

Octavian Popescu was eliminated in FCSB’s last match

The team coached by Nicolae Dike had a poor start in the Romanian Cup groups and equalized in the last seconds in Arad, where UTA earned an important point in the economy of the group (2-2).

The “Pearl” Gigi Bekali was one of the negative characters of this match, being sent off in the 94th minute after a hard attack. Risto Radunovic (FCSB), Rachid Buenna (FCSB) and Andej Cindris (UTA Arad) were also sent off in this match.