“He knew absolutely nothing.” EXCLUSIVE

Neil Lennon’s tenure at Rapid was marked by several negative events. The team from Giulesti had the weakest start to the season since returning to the Super League, and the criticism leveled at the Northern Irish technician was harsh.

Cătălin Hlistei, present in the show Exclusive Fastattacked Neil Lennon, who he said did not try to identify with Rapid’s spirit.

Cătălin Hlistei, attack on Neil Lennon

Cătălin Hlistei (30 years old) had no words of praise for Neil Lennon. The former player from Giulesti criticized him for showing disinterest in what Rapid represents. Incidentally, Hlistei also referred to the major impact that Marius Șumudică hadwho managed to win the first match with Rapid just two days after taking over the team.

“Mr. Lennon did not inspire confidence in me. It’s not nice to talk about him, that he’s gone. He knew absolutely nothing about Rapid, maybe just what he read on the internet. He was not in the spirit of the Rapid. He was not in the same boat as the supporters. I saw his gesture after the equalizing goal in the match with CFR Cluj, as if he had won the match! Good, you got a point on the end of the match, but his reaction seemed over the top to me.

In two days, by all accounts, he has changed more than Mr. Lennon has managed all season so far. I think he changed his mentality in a very short time (not referring to the changes made by Marius Șumudica since he came to Rapid).

I also heard Mr. Șucu, who said that he does not want another team to come to Giulesti and have 72% possession. It’s something incredible and I don’t think anything like this has happened before in the history of the Rapid. Even when they were playing Hamburg. Even those players were not able to have such possession and win, as Sepsi had”, said Cătălin Hlistei at Exclusive Fast.

Neil Lennon failed to find success at Rapid

Neil Lennon won trophies in Scotland during his time at Celtic, but he didn’t have much success at Rapid. Lennon lost one match, the one in the 3rd stage, with Petrolul Ploiești, score 1-0, and drew in five other matches.

The results were poor for Rapid, but the play of the “white-cherry” team was the real problem. Despite scoring goals in almost every league game, Rapid either failed to keep the result in their favor or were unable to get past much lower ranked opponents.