The second goalscorer in the history of Ligue 1 noticed a detail at Rapid: “Did he seem satisfied?”
Article by Adrian Duţă – Published on Sunday, 01 February 2026, 10:40 / Updated on Sunday, 01 February 2026 11:03
Ionel Dănciulescu, the former great striker from Dinamo, believes that coach Constantin Gâlcă made a mistake in the starting formula in the match with U Cluj, lost by Rapid 0-2.
Gâlcă removed Claudiu Petrila from the first “11”, sent Alexandru Dobre extreme left and Olimpiu Moruțan extreme right. Danciulescu is of the opinion that Rapid should have all 3 in the starting team, in the line behind a “top”, either Koljic or Daniel Paraschiv.
Danciulescu also noted that Dobre and Christensen were disturbed when they were substituted in the 78th minute.
Ionel Danciulescu: “This must be line 3 at Rapid”
“The 3rd line has to be Petrila on the left, Moruțan in the center and Dobre on the right. With any of the strikers up front. He has produced players with personality and it's hard to thank him.
Was Christensen happy when he got out? Did Dobre seem pleased? The situation at Rapid is complicated”said Ionel Danciulescu, on the Digi Sport Matinal show.
Florin Prunea, present in the studio, added: “Dobre is not yielding on the left. Don't take Petrila out of there.”
214 goalsscored Ionel Danciulescu in League 1, being the second top scorer in the history of the championship, after Dudu Georgescu (252 goals)
About Dobre, everyone is upset that they are not playing or that we are trading them, but that is the situation. Naturally, he didn't play in his position, where he feels better, but that's the situation. We have many matches to play and we have to look at the whole squad we have, let them all be in rhythm.
I didn't expect to lose, that's the truth, but what to do, we have to congratulate the opponent, we're moving forward, it's not over, we have a long way to go, we want to achieve our goal and win the next matches. Other players will also enter Sibiu.
– Constantin Gâlcă, coach Rapid
