Adrian Mazilu, 20 years old, he debuted at Dinamo today, on the occasion the championship match with Oțelulwon 1-0. After 20 months on the touchline, the winger revealed his current situation.
In the 89th minute of Dinamo – Oțelul, Zeljko Kopic replaced Antonio Bordușanu with Adrian Mazilu, a player who cost the “dogs” 400,000 euros.
It was Mazilu's first appearance in an official match since April 2024. At the time, he was playing in the Netherlands, at Vitesse, on loan from Brighton.
In the flash interview, Mazilu revealed that he did not expect to be thrown into the fray today!
Adrian Mazilu made his debut at Dinamo: “I expected to return after the winter training camp”
“It was a momentary thing. I saw that Alex wanted to come in [Pop]then when I saw it change, I was sitting on the bench, I quickly became excited and happy that I was able to get in. I barely managed to do some training with the team.
This moment had to come, because I stayed long enough. I say that I felt very good in training and Mister saw that.
At the moment I feel very good, I feel great on the pitch. I still need to get the physical part right, as I have been out for a long time, but slowly, slowly, with training, I will come back stronger.
I think I came back a little too quickly. I didn't expect it. I expected to re-enter after winter campto be well prepared in all respects. But I'm really glad I got in.
What if I could be a holder? At the moment I don't know, I feel good, but the trainers can tell if I'm ready or not.
The muscle has recovered on the right leg. I'm slowly trying to balance, so that everything is fine, to play more and more minutes. I don't have any pain, otherwise I wouldn't have entered”, explained the extreme right to PrimaSport.
Also at the flash-interviews, coach Zeljko Kopic said that he did not plan to use Mazilu, but that Bordušanu's injury forced him to to make this change.
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In the mixed area, Mazilu completed his statements:
“I'm very happy, it's a great feeling that I was able to debut in Dinamo's shirt. I didn't even expect to debut today. Mister congratulated me, I thank him for being able to debut me.
Family support mattered. I set myself to work very hard to come back. I missed the feeling of being on the field, of being with my colleagues, as well as training”.
Asked about the recent statements of the Dynamoist president Andrei Nicolescuwho described him as being in a “comfort zone”, Mazilu responded:
“The plan was to work every day, Mister saw that I was working better and better. I took that message implicitly.”
Finally, he explained in what chapter does he feel that the championship has changed compared to the previous period in which he played here, until the end of 2023:
“His physical level has increased, that seems to me to have changed since I left. At the moment, I can't conclude more.”
