Article by Marius Mărgărit – published on Thursday, September 18, 2025, 16:10 / Updated Thursday, September 18, 2025 16:20
Rapid returns to Giulești on Sunday where he will host the match with Hermannstadtfrom stage 10 of the Superliga. The last match played at home took place on August 28, when the band prepared by Costel Gâlcă defeated it on Ato Arad, score 2-0, thanks to the goals scored by Denis Ciobotariu and Alexandru Dobre. The central defender will not be available this time.
For the dispute with the Sibiu, only one of the two is capable of play. This is Dobre, the captain and the up -to -date goalscorer, along with Elvir Koljic.
The two registered 4 times, gathering almost 60% of the successes of the team led by Costel Gâlcă in the first 9 rounds. After which the cherries are kept in the second place, without defeat, at 4 lengths by the leader of U Craiova, who is still undefeated.
Denis Ciobotariu is expected to play with oil
Denis Ciobotariu is still unavailable after the match with the Aradians, when a meniscus pinch was detected. Since then he could not train normally, entering a special recovery and prevention program.
Denis Ciobotariu
Ciobi jr. decided to postpone the operation and only today returned to normal training. Rapidists hope to be able to have it at least on the bench for the dispute with the Sibiu, but the chances are reduced, after this long forced break. Most likely, he could only play on September 27, in Primvs Derby, away, with oil.
Until then, Costel Gâlcă will rely on Kramer and Pascanu in the center of the defensive, as in the white draw in Cluj, with the “red hats”, from the previous stage. Because Bolgado, transferred from CFR, has to atone for a round of suspension from the 3 received in the match lost by Transylvanians in Galați, with Steel (1-4), in the 7th stage.
Borza, just room
Crude to the senior group, where he had been summoned for the matches with Canada and Cyprus, Andrei Borza is also out of calculations for a longer period. With metatarsal fracture 5 on the right foot, he has since be carried permanently an orthosis.
For now, it only works at the gym. It is estimated that it will keep the orthosis for at least 2-3 weeks, after which it will be able to resume the running and then the workouts. Basically, he will not play until mid -October.
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