The FCSB – Dinamo derby, a football torture. The champion makes another wrong step in the fight for the play-offs

Ashley Davis07/12/2025

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If in the round the derby between FCSB and Dinamo was a total show, ending with 4-3 in favor of the “dogs”, last night the two teams offered the worst game in the last 10 years. The champion, in great search of points to catch the play-off, drew white with its rival, at the National Arena, in the 19th stage of the Superliga.

FCSB and Dinamo annihilated each other. Dynamo Facebook photo

In the first half, Adrian Șut (21) sent from 15 meters, but the goalkeeper Devis Epassy caught it in two times. Dinamo was dangerous in the min. 34, on the counterattack, when Eddy Gnahore sent a pass to Adrian Caragea, but goalkeeper Ștefan Târnovanu managed to intervene.

In the second half, Darius Olaru shot twice from the return, but the first time the ball went slightly wide of the goal (63), and the second time Epassy retained (66). Dinamo had the biggest chance of the match, in min. 75 when Gnahore shot from 16 yards but the ball hit the bar. The guests had another chance, through Maxime Sivis (76), but his shot at the short corner was blocked by Târnovanu.

There hasn't been such an ugly derby in a long time

The conclusion of the match, played in bad weather, with a little rain and a cold wind, in front of 28,510 spectators, was drawn by the captain of FCSB, Florin Tănase. “It was a derby and we had to win. My opinion is that the way the game went, the result is a fair one. That's it, we have to move on.

There hasn't been such an ugly derby in a long time. Too bad for our fans who came today in large numbers in this rain. At least you should have seen the show…sorry. Now we have to analyze what we do well and what we don't. What is missing in front of the gate? I don't know, balls out there, chances to shake the net… that's missing. We have to be more mobile and make the best decisions at key moments. That's how we'll get to create our chances”said Tănase to DigiSport.

The last 0-0 result between the two teams has not been recorded for ten years, since August 9, 2015, when FCSB was also the host. Both the champion and Dinamo remain only with the satisfaction of being unbeaten in six stages, in which they each have three wins and three draws.