Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Sunday, 18 January 2026 23:48 / Updated on Monday, 19 January 2026 00:17
Dinamo – U Cluj 1-0. Alexandru Chipciu (36 years old), the footballer of the guests, recognized the superiority of the students trained by Zeljko Kopic (48 years old).
Disappointed at the flash-interview, the defender of the national team praised Dinamo and explained that his team does not give up qualification in the play-off, taking into account the results of the last period.
Chipciu he also talked about the absences of Lukic and Nistor. The two were uncertain due to injuries.
Alex Chipciu, after Dinamo – U Cluj 1-0: “I think the fight will be heated until the end”
“Unfortunately we start with a defeat, I have a lot of thoughts in my head. We started the game very weak. We worked to catch them behind them. We didn't have aggression, pressure.
In the first half there was a little chaos in our team, in the second half we started to play again, and they had many chances, they were much better than us. Well done to them.
I knew how Dinamo played, I knew they were very aggressive, I knew they had strong players behind them. We know they fall in the second half, we had some big chances, but they also had a lot. I don't have so many milestones anymore, I'm in a state of disappointment.
I think the fight will be heated until the end, I lost confidence during the championship, then we won some matches.
We started from the defense very well, we wanted to play, we couldn't play, it was a little chaos on the field. If we go back to the matches we practiced, it will be a fight, we will fight until the end.
I said it in the training camp, Lukic is a big loss, we based our game on him. Dan Nistor is a very big loss, since he came, the game was made just for him. If you don't have numbers, who will score?”, said Chipciu, at Prima Sport, according to orangesport.ro.
You are missing the goalscorer and the number 10, we hope he recovers as soon as possible. It's very important, this match even if we didn't play too well, for a spectator I think it was nice to watch the match.
What was played so far was hockey, the people at the National Arena did everything they had to do. We hope to play as many matches as possible on such grounds. It was cold, but you get used to the adrenaline of the game.
– Alexandru Chipciuthe left defender of U Cluj
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