Article by Romeo Ene, George Nistor – Published Saturday, January 31, 2026 23:05 / Updated Saturday, January 31, 2026 23:15
Rapid – U Cluj 0-2. Alexandru Dobre (27 years old), the winger from Giulești, described his team's performance this evening as “disappointing”. Rapid missed the chance to climb, at least temporarily, to first place, where Craiova can distance themselves if they beat Farul.
The footballer explained that the failure is a bitter one, but the focus is on the next match, the one away to Hermannstadt, on February 3.
The top scorer of the championship believes that Rapid missed several opportunities to open the scoring, and this aspect turned against the team.
Alexandru Dobre, statements after Rapid – U Cluj 0-2: “I'm sad”
“The most important thing at the moment is to recover and come back as strong as possible for the away game against Hermannstadt. It's disappointing.
Unpleasant surprise for the supporters, for us, because we wanted the victory. I am sad, both me and my colleagues, but we must find the strength to recover as soon as possible. We have a game coming up soon and we have to come back with a win and be 100 percent.
I think we had opportunities to open the scoring. Probably if we did it through Christensen there, the game looked different, but it didn't happen. In football if you don't take advantage of the opportunities you have, they backfire, that's what happened tonight.
I want us to improve, that's what we always have to do, to look at what we did wrong, to fix these things and improve our game”, said Dobre, in the mixed area.
It wasn't possible today, that's it. We have 6 more matches until the play-off starts. We are going to Sibiu to win. We try to do our job, to win.
Tonight I took a beating. We had a 0-0 penalty at their home, but we were not given…
– Marian Aioaniafter Rapid – U Cluj 0-2
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