CSM Bucharest has been undefeated in the Flower League for more than two years, but the modest results in the Women’s Handball Champions League did not please the management at all, who gave an ultimatum to coach Ada Vasile.

Adi Vasile will be fired from CSM Bucharest if he fails to reach the Final 4 of the Champions League

CSM Bucharest dominates the domestic women’s handball competition, but does not have the same path in the Champions League groups.

The team coached by Adi Vasile is in 4th place in Group A of the Champions League, leading to the playoffs.

Only the top two teams go directly to the quarter-finals, so Adi Vasile’s side need a perfect run in their last 6 matches to celebrate this result. However, access to the knockout phase will not be a problem, only the path to the Final 4 will be longer in this context.

The Tigers haven’t finished in Europe’s top 4 since 2018, and CSM’s management is running out of patience as far as coach Adi Vasile is concerned.

After the last meeting of the board of directors, the club CSM Bucharest announced that it still trusts Ada Vasile, but also that the presence in the final 4 of the Champions League is mandatory for him to continue working on the team’s bench.

“Even if domestic champions CSM Bucharest have been undefeated for more than two years, in the context of the fact that the club’s budget has remained unchanged in recent seasons and the opponents in national competitions have strengthened year by year, the team’s Champions League season has so far not lived up to expectations.

The run of this European season puts the team in 4th place in their group in Europe’s most important inter-club competition after the first part of the group stage. It should be emphasized that the budget of CSM Bucharest is far from the largest in European competitions, probably it is not even among the top 6 at the European level, but, nevertheless, the team is constantly present in recent years among the top 8 teams of the old continent.

It is undoubtedly a matter of pride, especially since no other Romanian team, regardless of the chosen sports discipline, has achieved something similar, and the domestic and international track record of CSM Bucharest, after only 16 years since its foundation, is extremely valuable and very difficult to match. play, for such a short period of time. We passionately strive to reach the heights of success again, we professionally analyze and monitor all performance indicators, we believe in stability and balance and remain true to the principles that have brought us so much success.” – it is stated in the club’s official press release published on the website.

In addition, Julian Pislaru, CSM CEO, also emphasized that Adi Vasile’s presence on the team’s technical bench will not be certain next season if the progress in the Champions League is as modest as in previous years.

“CSM Bucharest is undoubtedly one of the big names in international women’s handball and his performances over the years have set the team’s goals and the fans’ expectations very high.

The fact that it has always been in the top eight in Europe from 2016 to now speaks volumes for what CSM Bucharest means to international handball, not to mention its outstanding performances at national competitions. Of course, the current position in the group table is not what was expected at the beginning of the season, but we tried to remove the emotional factor from our analysis. Currently, the team is, as they say, “on target” and still has a chance to enter the higher stage of the competition.

The Board of Directors of CSM Bucharest has decided to give full support to coach Adrian Vasile, but with a simple and clear goal that we all want to achieve: to reach the Final Four in Budapest! Failure to meet this goal will automatically result in termination of cooperation at the end of this competitive season.

Until then, Adrian Vasile is the coach of CSM Bucharest and we believe that all season goals will be achieved! We also appeal to our fans, who in difficult moments for the team, especially in the Champions League, should be with the girls and support the team at all moments of the game.” he said.