Article by Daniel Grigore – published Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 07:41 / Updated Tuesday, April 29, 2025 07:46
Damjan Djokovic, 35, holder in Dinamo – CFR Cluj 1-1seems to have resigned with the idea that the title will return to the FCSB this season.
The draw that closed the 6th stage of the play-off, 1-1 on the National Arena, with Dinamo equal to in the 85th minute, left CFR at 7 points after the FCSB leader. Between the two is the University of Craiova, but also the Oltenians at a great distance, 6 points, following the red-blue.
FCSB is now a big favorite to defend its title, and one of the Veterans of the CFR, the Croatian midfielder Damjan Djokovic, admits that the scenario in which his team surpasses the red-blue is unlikely.
Did CFR Cluj throw the towel? Damjan Djokovic: “Now we have to fight for the 2nd place and the Romanian Cup”
“A bit hard now but I think the chances had already decreased last week, when we lost here, with FCSB. Certain results have demoralized us.
In matches where I played well, like the one with U Cluj, I did not lose right. And FCSB has champion fabric, made points and at times did not play well and took a distance. We did not take advantage of the advantage had …
We have our way, we have to fight for 2nd place, we also have the cup. We must focus especially on the cup, but also on the championship, ”said Djokovic to the mixed area.
Coach Dan Petrescu tried to display a more optimistic figure: “Mathematically there are some small chances, you have no way to give up. It would mean not being a professional. We have to believe in them.”
The Croatian emphasized the importance of the winners of the Romanian Cup. CFR Cluj and Hermannstadt will face the trophy on the table on Wednesday, May 14, in Arad.
“The cup takes you to the Europa League preliminaries. It's a personal opinion but the cup becomes more important than the second place“Says Djokovic.
Regarding the match against “dogs”, Djokovic's conclusions were that “Dinamo was constant [în acest sezon]play a beautiful football, you can see that the coach had a free hand and worked well with the players. “
“It didn't surprise us with something, but it was a little more fresh (no – fresh). We also had the matches in the cup, after the 20th minute it was seen that they pushed a lot and we stayed in our half. “
For CFR Cluj follows the local derby with U, scheduled on May 3, from 9:00 pm.
