Superliga: Cluj University scores three goals in numerical inferiority and defeats Dinamo. Sabău's band is on the verge of Europe
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, photo: GSP
Cluj University defeated the Dinamo Bucharest team, 3-1 score, in a match played on Friday, in the National Arena, in the ninth stage of the Superligi play-off.
In the 23rd minute of the match, defender Răzvan Patriche left the field in the applause of the supporters: he retires, and this was his last match for Dinamo on his own ground.
Dinamo-University of Cluj 1-3, in stage #9 of the play-off
The “dogs” opened the scoring in the 35th minute, when Perica He scored near the gate, after receiving the ball from Selmani.
U Cluj forced in the first minutes of the second half, but failed to mark, and in the 63rd minute it remained in numerical inferiority. Alexandru Chipciu He asked for a penalty after a contact with Sivis in the opponent, but Istvan Kovacs let the game continue and did not change his opinion after being helped from the Var room. The captain of the Transylvanians protested and was removed after receiving two yellow cards in just a few seconds.
Dinamo missed several opportunities to break away, and the goal came to Roșca's gate. In the 84th minute, Dan Nistor scored with a superb shot from the edge of the box.
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău's band scored again in the 87th minute, but Macalou's goal has been canceled for a hen committed by a teammate at the beginning of the phase. And Dinamo had a successful success for an offsaid in which Abdallah was.
The guests eventually passed the advantage in extensions, after Fabry focused from the corner, and Codrea ('90 +1) scored with a header. The final score was set by Macalou ('90 +4), following a counterattack.
Thanks to this success, U Cluj accumulated 38 points and climbed 3rd in the standings, a position that leads to the preliminaries Conference League.
If it will be exceeded by Craiova University and will finish on the 4th place, Sabău's team will play a dam with the Lighthouse, also for Conference League, if the band coached by Gheorghe Hagi will end the play-out in the top 4.
On the other hand, Dinamo stays in the 6th place, the last of the play-off, with 31 points.
The teams have evolved:
- Dinamo: Rosca – Sivis, Boateng (Caragea '83), Homawoo, Opruț – Milanov (Abdallah '67), Patriche (Costin '23), Cîrjan – Selmani, Perica, Pop (political '67). Coach: Florentin Petre
- U Cluj: Gertomnas (Coșa '69) – Oancea, Masoero, Mitrea (Fabry '46), Chipciu – Silaghi (Blănuță '46), Codrea, Artean, Nistor – Macalou, Thiam. Coach: Ioan Ovidiu Sabău.
