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Captain Darius Olaru found it difficult to find the words: “Sunday we play our play-off!”

Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Friday, 23 January 2026, 00:15 / Updated on Friday, 23 January 2026 00:22

Dinamo Zagreb – FCSB 4-1. Darius Olaru (27 years old), the captain of the red-blues, reacted after the second failure in 2026. The Romanian champion only has a theoretical chance to qualify for the Europa League play-off.

extremely affected, Potter explained that the team came to Zagreb already demoralized, after the failure in the championship with FC Argeș, score 0-1.

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DINAMO ZAGREB – FCSB

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He sounds the alarm and claims that FCSB has a crucial match on Sunday, with CFR Cluj. If FCSB does not win, it is my opinion that the team no longer has a chance to qualify for the play-offs.

Darius Olaru, statements after Dinamo Zagreb – FCSB 4-1: “I didn't come here with a good morale”

“Unfortunately, we didn't manage to play our game. We prepared something, I don't know. They gave us goals from crosses. At this level, if we make mistakes like that, the opponents have quality and, I don't know, they kind of gave everything they had.

At this level, any opponent who catches you, marks you. We also had some good situations. Unfortunately, we couldn't get more out. That's all I could do tonight.

In my opinion, I think I had a good training camp. We prepared well, but with the result in Mioveni, we didn't come to this match with good morale and it showed in the first minutes. After 2-0 we tried to play, we managed to score, but we made simple mistakes and they punished us.

When you're on a roll, you want to stay there, go from win to win (linked to the run in the last games of 2025). I was in good spirits. That was it. The holiday came, I took a little break, so to speak. We started badly, two defeats. I hope to return to the championship on Sunday.

We are also close to the results in the Europa League. It will be very difficult. The goal difference doesn't help us either. For now I just want to think about Sunday's game, a crucial game for both us and them. We are playing our play-off, and we, and CFR“, explained Darius Olaru, at Digi Sport.

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