The Rapid finished the 2022/23 season in style with a 5-1 win over FCSB. Adrian Mutu takes stock of Giulesti’s season and discusses this summer’s transfers.

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Quick, interested in several FCSB players

Rapid made history on Saturday night at the National Arena in Bucharest and inflicted a real humiliation on FCSB.

Giulesti scored 5 times in the red-blue goal, and Adrian Mutu was delighted with the performance of his pupils, who completely controlled the contest.

“The grade is less important. Even three points didn’t matter anymore. It was a victory of pride. We should have won. If I did it categorically, that’s even better. We were more motivated, we also debuted with several children. The decision was made to get used to the atmosphere of an important match with the pressure of a derby, even if that pressure was lost.

I’m glad the team took this game seriously. We are going on vacation, for a well-deserved rest, and in three weeks we will start the training camp.

Let’s see what decisions we will make, there will definitely be departures. I want to enjoy this victory. There are 11 months of work, it seemed to me a very long season, with stress, high pressure. I can’t wait to go on vacation.

When you represent the Rapid, a win against FCSB sweetens everything, that’s normal. I didn’t think to go. I believe in this team, I believe that it can develop. We have achieved the main goal. In the playoffs, we saw the limits of the team, we know what to improve.

I was challenged, it happens, all the coaches were challenged, including Dan Petrescu. I want to assure him that I fulfill my duty one hundred percent, I take my work seriously. At certain moments, I understood that there are less good moments in the life of the team.

(ed. How many FCSB players are you interested in?) I’m only interested in my players.” – said Adi Mutu, reports Digi Sport.

Tournament table of the Super League playoffs

1 Lighthouse of Constanta 50 years

2 FCSB 46p

3 CFR Cluj 42p

4 University of Kraiów 40 p

5 Rapid Bucharest 38p

6 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 26p