Radoi: I meant to relax after ensuring survival

The dismissed coach from Al-Taie Club, Romanian Mirel Radoi, confirmed that his previous statement was misinterpreted.

Radwi said on the program “Action with Walid”: “I was dismissed because of my emotions and the changes. We achieved our goal and ensured staying 5 rounds before the end of the league, and I did not expect that.”

He added: “My previous statement was misinterpreted, and I meant complacency after guaranteeing survival and not in a specific match. I agreed with Al-Ta’i to renew in the last period, but the contracts were not signed. I am happy with my experience with Al-Ta’ei despite its end, and I believe that I will stay next season in the Saudi League.” .

A source within Al-Taie Club revealed the real reasons behind the board’s decision to dismiss Romanian coach Mirel Radoi from his position in coaching the first football team.

Earlier on Tuesday, Al-Taei announced that the administration had assigned assistant Jose Barreto to lead the team until the end of the season, as the team has 3 matches remaining before the final of its campaign in the Roshen League.

The source said in exclusive statements to “Sport 24” that Al-Taei has a belief known to all followers of Saudi sports affairs, and that all employees of the club believe in it since its inception, and until today, which is always winning.

The source pointed out that Radwi’s statement in the press conference that followed the Al-Nasr match was the straw that broke the camel’s back, when he said in broken English: “The club’s goal is to stay in the professional league, and this goal was achieved before the Al-Batin match, and therefore the players entered The two sub-matches and victory are like exercises.” This contradicts the club’s reality, its declared strategies, and its long-standing legacy based on the ferocity of competition, and the strength of presence in all competitive circumstances.

The source explained that the coach’s translator tried to remedy the situation by translating Radawi’s speech that the players did not enter the two matches with the same strength that they entered for the previous matches, but that did not intercede for him when the club’s management considers this an unacceptable justification, and contradicts all the principles of Al-Taie and the ethics of his men since its inception.

And the source continued in his statements to “Sport 24” that the club’s management made it clear that it rejected some other unacceptable behavior of the former coach, including his attempt to withdraw from the bench during the Al-Ta’i and Abha match before the team’s administrator returned him. And then repeating the same process in the second half of the Al-Taie and Al-Nasr match. This was considered by the administration as a violation of the ethics of the technical leadership of the team, and a lack of respect for the elements of the team and its management.

And the source concluded: “Al-Ta’i’s integrity is a solid legacy that has been inherited by generations in this club, and it is not possible to accept any reference or suggestion that contradicts this well-established concept.

Radoi took over the technical task of the Al-Taie team on January 23, succeeding Portuguese coach Miguel Pedro Bella, who left while the team ranked ninth after 14 rounds.

Al-Taie played 13 matches under the technical leadership of his coach Radoi; Where he won 4 matches against Al-Ittifaq, Al-Fateh, Abha and Al-Fayha.

Al-Taei tied with Radawi in 4 matches also against Al-Adala, Al-Khaleej, Al-Raed, and Al-Hilal, while he was defeated in 5 matches against: Al-Shabab, Al-Ittihad, Damak, Al-Batin, and Al-Nasr.

Al-Ta’i team occupies seventh place in the table of the current version of the Roshen League, with 34 points, a point behind Al-Ettifaq, who is in eighth place, remaining in the 27th round match, and 5 points behind Al-Fateh, who is in sixth place.