FC Hermannstadt manager Marius Măldărășanu has blamed Baba Alhassan following his side’s defeat to CS Universitatea Craiova in the Romanian Cup on Wednesday.
The visitors cruised to a convincing 2-0 win at the Sibiu Municipal Stadium with goals scored by Bogdan Vătăjelu and Valerică Găman.
Alhassan squandered a golden opportunity to bring his side level few minutes after conceding the first goal.
The Ghanaian midfielder who found himself unmarked in the box failed to score from 11 meters as his effort hit the bar.
Speaking to reporters after the match, the manager went on a rant in which he pointed accusing fingers straight at his best player this season.
“The match was quite difficult. We didn’t expect it to be any different, but Craiova was the pragmatic team this time, unlike in the championship match, when we won.
We had chances, but were nervous in front of the goal. I can’t explain otherwise that big mistake of Baba Alhassan, who used to take us out. We are in a crisis of results, but in every match of the last 4 we deserved more”
”Only he knows what’s on his mind. He had a problem after the match against UTA. I trained him with Brașov, then he trained for two days, another two days of rest followed, but he slowly recovered. I put him in to play to get his rhythm back”
“I told him he had to play for the team. That’s how his goals came, he played what he had to play. Now he doesn’t do what needs to be done in those situations…maybe due to the lack of training, he really wants to score and then it can seem like a problem. But he is a young player, probably and the talks about a possible transfer made him have his head in the clouds. Let’s hope we win it back” Măldărășanu pointed out.
Alhassan has undoubtedly been one of the standout performers for Red and Blacks this season, scoring 6 goals in Liga I.
The 22 year old was named the Player of the Month for September in the Romanian top flight division.
