Article by Adrian Duţă – published on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 22:14 / Updated Wednesday, April 23, 2025 23:02
4 months ago, after Dinamo – fast 0-0in stage #21 of the regular season in Superliga, Marius Șumudică had a vehement message for the gallery. On April 23, that promise turned against the coach of Giulesti.
On Wednesday night, in Sibiu, Rapid left the Betano Romanian Cup in the semifinals, after 1-2 with Hermannstadt. A penultimate act with a dramatic end, Rapid equalized in the 85th minute, through Burma, but Sergiu Buș scored the 2-1 in 90+4.
VIDEO. Marius Șumudică, in December: “I will take you to the play-off and take the cup”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgmd1jq1_zo
And one of Marius Șumudică's promises remained unfulfilled. In December, he transmitted in front of the gallery: “I will take you to the play-off and take the cup.”
Șumudică's first promise was fulfilled. Rapid has qualified in the play-off, from the 6th place, where it is now, 5 stages before the end of the championship.
Quickly missed an important goal
Rapid missed an extremely important goal with the elimination from the cup. The leadership of the Rapid, through the voices of Victor Angelescu and Viorel Moldovan, has repeated countless times that the triumph in the Romanian Cup is a primordial objective this season. The winner of this trophy plays in the first preliminary round of the Europa League.
At the interview at the end of the match in Sibiu, Șumudică tried to avoid the reporter's question about Viitorul La Rapid, declaring that “I will have a discussion with the team, with the owners and see what I will do.
- The other semifinal, CFR Cluj – Farul Constanța, is played on Thursday, April 24th. The match will be livetext on gsp.ro, from 20:30.
