Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Monday, 08 December 2025 22:43 / Updated Monday, 08 December 2025 23:45
Botoșani – Rapid 0-0. Cristi Săpunaru, the former captain of the team from Giulesti, analyzed the game from the 19th stage of the Superliga and believes that the guests deserved the victory.
Retired in the summer, Săpunaru declared himself surprised by the failures of his former teammates. He believes that Rapid should have scored judging by the chances created.
Cristi Săpunaru: “Rapid had some great opportunities. It had to be a victory”
“Rapid had some big opportunities for everything. It had to be a victory. Big misses to Petrila, to Koljic, to Manea. It was a perfect cross by Badescu on Manea's opportunity, who I don't know what he did there.
There are great opportunities, if we remember the matches of Rapid, they don't really miss. Rapid had two opportunities, scored and closed the match. It happens that you miss, how do you happen to make mistakes”, said Cristi Săpunaru, on Digi Sport 1.
Denis Ciobotariu, the central defender of Rapid, was of the same opinion, declaring that his team deserved to win in Botoșani.
I think we deserved the win because of the opportunities we had. Clearly, the pitch influenced the game. It's one thing when you play on a good pitch, another when you don't know where the ball is going. We had clear opportunities after Petrila's, through Elvir, through Manea, finally through Dobre. I couldn't see very well there, I was far away. Botoșani played a good game, we played a pragmatic game. We deserved the win, but it's a good result considering the situation. I'm glad we're there, the important thing is to stay united. What we do we do well
– Denis Ciobotariu, Rapid defender
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