Andrii Teaske, the grandson of Titi Teaske, one of the most controversial coaches in Romanian football, gave a long interview to GSP.ro, in which he talked, among other things, about the former coach’s relationship with Eugène Barbu and Adrian Peunescu, and how “little Napoleon” behaved ” when he was not on the football field.

– What was Titi Teashka like outside the football field? With family?

– I didn’t have the opportunity to see him very often, but there were times when they sat like a whistle. Therefore, he was close to Peunescu and Eugene Barba. These people have taken the discussion level to another realm, so elegantly. Ideas and principles were discussed. They perceived life through the prism of philosophy. Someone will come and say that football is on the field, with injuries, with goals. Therefore, we remained at the level of the circus. That we don’t have a life plan. We love other things too. We’re talking about a mixed talent match here, not a schematic-clever execution.

– Continue.

– I took part in several sensational meetings. It was indeed morning. There was a cloud of cigarette smoke and I was also drinking rum. If there were others who could tell about these cultural encounters… Titi was a misunderstanding. He also told my father that he had a better chance because in his theatrical field people were well-read and cultured, and he was struggling with mediocrity. Football players don’t even understand many words. We are performance obsessed, he was performance obsessed. He was so enthralled that he slept and wrote in cubicles, in offices, and never went home. It means passion. That’s why I got bored.

Read the rest of the interview on GSP.RO.