Farul Konstanza beat HIK Helsinki at home, score 2-1in the first game of the Conference League playoffs, but coach Gheorghe Hagi did not attend the postgame press conference.

Hyke Hagi congratulated his team, but scolded the players for mistakes on the field

Despite the victory, the former Romania captain wanted to highlight the less successful moments of the game from Farul Constanta.

However, Gheorghe Hagi hopes to resolve the issues before the second leg, which could bring qualification for the Champions League groups.

“I’m happy because I won, but I’m also angry because everyone should be more responsible, listen more. Everything we do, everything we cook, must also be done in the field.

The team was long and they were going back, they weren’t aggressive. And our heart works like that… And to us, on the bench, and to the fans. Should have been short, compact, such as after the 60th minute, it’s Farul! Last season, we did just that, suffocating the opponent. I hope everything goes well from now on.

We showed that we have character. Football doesn’t look back, but you have to have the character we had after the 60th minute, when everyone reacted, we were better, we played well both in attack and defence.

And those who came off the bench brought a plus to the team, that’s why we won. I congratulated the guys, we reacted as a big team. It is important that we won, but the return match is ahead, and we will definitely have a very difficult game there.

Budescu has to make the passes, the goals, I’m not going to sit and chase him, he has to be fresh in attack and the others attack the gaps very well. At half-time, I got inspired, put a “false 9” and that’s how we scored goals. I think I did something good too.

It doesn’t matter how you start, it matters how you finish. We finished very well and hope to win there too” – said Hyke Hagiaccording to VSP.

The return match between HIK Helsinki and Farul Konstanz will take place in a week in Finland.