Andrei Nicolescu, raging on statements! He charged Kopic and started the derby with Craiova: “Kings and Queen”
Article by Maria Olteanu – published Monday, September 22, 2025 23:26 / Updated Tuesday, September 23, 2025 01:27
Andrei Nicolescu, Dinamo's president, reacted immediately after the final whistle of the match with the Lighthouse, on Monday evening, from the 10th stage, concluded on a tie, score 1-1. He stressed that Zeljko Kopic did not make inspired changes, then said his dissatisfaction with the next match, with Craiova, scheduled on the first day of the 11th stage.
Nicolescu's dissatisfaction came opposite the programming made for the next match, in the context in which the travel from Craiova was set for Friday evening, from 9:00 pm, just four days after the match with Lighthouse. The Oltenians have two extra days of rest, after playing in the 10th round on Saturday evening, at Otelul Galați.
The programming was made in the idea that after the match with Dinamo for the band of Mirel Rădoi follows the debut in the single group of Conference League. Rakow – Craiova is playing on Thursday, October 2, from 10:00 pm, so the Oltenians will have almost a week to prepare this match, after the confrontation from the end of the week, on Oblemenco.
Andrei Nicolescu's reaction after the match with Lighthouse
“This is, it was a game in which I played what was needed in the first half, in the second no. Maybe we went too relaxed, I missed the occasions on the first half, we could do 2-0, 3-0, to close the game … I think it repeated a little phase in the match with Metaloglobus.
Overall, a beautiful match, but we couldn't win. Everyone spoke of Dinamo in 2nd place, we showed us a little limit today, we have to react otherwise to pressure. Mazilu enters with Mihai in preparation with the team. It's a lasting process, I said it from the beginning.
Eddy (no-gnahore) had a better last season, but it's the metronome there, it gives safety, sometimes it has a brilliant pass. And we want to walk more in front than in the back but …
Finally, Caragea had two phases in which he was in a hurry, he could judge a little better. We want to strengthen this position, to be sure of the play-off. It's an open battle, I make team points that no one expected.
Kopic felt that in the first half we could close the game, that's why he cried to them not to miss the opportunities they had. I do not realize, I made 3 changes, I had 5, I do not realize what the dynamics of the game was, I felt much better the players in the field, if I needed 5 changes or not, but unfortunately they did not bring it, at the end if we were more lucid we should have thought better.
The goal is to win our matches, to lose as hard as possible, to strengthen our play-off place, it was a better opportunity, it was a greater pressure, we would have taken to Craiova and we would have discussed even more than the 1st place and everyone would have put pressure.
The match must be treated very carefully. Unfortunately, we play on Friday, I do not think that a match Craiova – Dinamo should be on Friday … I know (no that Craiova University plays in the European Cups), but from my point of view, this product we all want to grow should be treated otherwise with the queens and kings of this product. This is my opinion, I said, on Saturday, compared to Friday, there would be no difference, especially for Craiova, they have 5 or 6 days afterwards. “said Andrei Nicolescu, after the match, at the show “Football Club”, from Digi Sport.
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