“I've never seen a player do that before!”

Rusescu – three-time champion of Romania – says that Rapid's midfield was “repaired” at halftime by Gâlcă, but he also praises the 4 changes made by Rădoi in the 85th minute.

Raul Rusescu, on GSP Live: “Craiova dominated, Rapid was on #resist mode”

“I saw an extremely pleasant match, with a good pace. Craiova dominated, Rapid was in #resist mode. Rapid had few ideas, but well put into practice. Instead, Craiova looked very good, even better than at the beginning of the championship.

The second part was not at the same level. Rapid scored after a set phase, an older problem of Craiova. After that goal in the second half, by Kramer, there were about 15 minutes in which Craiova couldn't find the solution to reach the goal.

Here Mirel Rădoi intervened and made 4 changes after the 80th minute. At least one of them brought a real plus – the entry of Basceanu. He had courage, confidence, created imbalance in the arrangement that Gâlcă thought of in the second half. Because Rapid changed something at the break, at the level of settlement, implementation, they stayed better in the middle”, declared Rusescu, present in the Gazeta Sporturilor studio.

The most important player from Craiova is Cicâldău. If he scored in the first half on at least one of the 3 chances he had, we were talking about another match

– Raul Rusescu, at GSP Live

VIDEO | “I've never seen a player kick a penalty”

The former Super League goalscorer also wanted to highlight Nsimba's execution in the last minute. The French striker of Craiova converted the penalty dictated after VAR intervention.

“Rădoi also has a good bench. Nsimba, in the 90th + 10th minute, to score a penalty like that… shows confidence. Honestly, I have never seen a player kick a penalty. I'm not kidding. Maybe I exaggerated, but there are not many players who execute the penalties like that.

It's a risky procedure. That's how he wanted to give. When you hit it “full string”, the ball goes where you want it to. If you close your eyes, you still hit her with the inside, with the outside, but he hit her full. You need confidence and good technique.

There he had two options, being a penalty at the end of the match: either the whole stadium applauds you, or the whole stadium curses you. He's already learned the swear words, 100%,” added the striker, who played for FCSB, Sevilla, Braga.

2012it is the year in which Raul Rusescu won the “Romanian Footballer of the Year” award in the prestigious Gazeta Sporturilor survey; was the top scorer of Ligue 1 in the 2012-2013 edition, with 21 goals scored

VIDEO with the first goal from Craiova University – Rapid 2-2: