Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Sunday, 02 November 2025, 23:23 / Updated on Sunday, 02 November 2025 23:25
Craiova University – Rapid 2-2. The great former Romanian international Ilie Dumitrescu (56 years old) analyzed the duel in Craiova, showing himself impressed by the game played by the home team, which rushed into Aioani's box and dramatically snatched a point, in the 100th minute, although he signed the big mistakes of the game in the last stage of the regular season tour.
Craiova had the chance to open the scoring in the 25th second, but the Giulești goalkeeper rejected Cicâldău's shot from the goal line. Rapid opened the scoring, against the background of some huge mistakes by Olten, but Craiova came back into the match and equalized through Adrian Rus. The final in Bănie was absolutely dramatic: Rapid took the lead again, and Aioani committed a penalty in the last seconds, Nsimba scoring for 2-2 in the tenth minute of overtime.
Considering the multitude of mistakes by Olten, which put pressure on Aioani's goal, Ilie Dumitrescu had only words of praise for Mirel Rădoi's team, claiming that he had never seen any other Romanian team at such a level, put so much pressure on the opponent.
Craiova impressed Ilie Dumitrescu
“I'm saying it. I've never seen a Romanian team with this pace of play, pressure on opponents, scoring opportunities. A very good expression. It's a fair result. Even if Rapid was very close to a result…
As a game, Craiova played an exceptional first half. Then he had good situations in the second half as well. The idea is that, really, a fixed phase… Craiova, after the break, didn't have the same tone anymore.
It was seen from the first minutes that it will be extremely difficult to keep the same pace, but he had a good presence in the opposing box, he had possession, but he did not create opportunities as easily.
It was an extremely important moment when Isenko took Petrila's ball out. Radoi made some super-offensive changes. Gâlcă tried to keep the result, switched to a 5-3-2″, said Ilie Dumitrescu, on the show “Fotbal Club”, from Digi Sport.
Images from the match Craiova – Rapid
VIDEO. That's how Rapid opened the scoring in Craiova, thanks to Christensen's success
VIDEO. The equalizing goal signed by Adrian Rus
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