Alexandru Barbu's opinion, after Rapid – Dinamo 2-1

Article by Alexandru Barbu – Published Saturday, 21 February 2026, 22:34 / Updated Saturday, 21 February 2026 22:36
10 conclusions after Rapid – Dinamo 2-1the derby of stage number 28 in the Superliga.
1. To eliminate the controversy and awkward questions around the clip with the dog and the featherDinamo fans started to “f*** the gypsies” before the actual match started. To clear up the controversy. The story is long, the causes are simple: lack of education, non-existent or weak measures. Racism is unbearable, but those who swear at mothers and children in stadiums should also pay.
2. To establish that a derby like Rapid – Dinamo can be held with unlimited ammunition of lumps in the stands means unconsciousness.
3. On a green-black surface, trampled by shovels, Dinamo showed in the first half what they had prepared, 73% possession, and did not create any great scoring opportunities. Don't take the martial Gâlcă out of his element, even if Moruțan is flanked by Petrila and Dobre, and the middle guarded only by a “closer”, Vulturar, Rapid is tight to the football bag. And the white-cherries recited the lesson learned at home: organization, transitions, efficiency. The newcomers Moruțan, assist, and Paraschiv, scorer, came under the spotlight.
4. VAR's primary role is to correct the refereeing errors also seen on Aconcagua. Vidican, appropriately placed, he judged that Paraschiv was dispossessed by Mărginean, not fouled. Colțescu called him to the sidelines and forced the “central” to cancel Soro's goal, as he would have detected an iniquity that happened seconds before the Spaniard tricked Aioani. The letter of the regulation vs. the spirit of the game.

5. Dinamo still does not have a classic striker and no “eight” of value. Mărginean stabilizes Kopic's construction, does not give it dynamics. Gnahore is “6”, between him and Cîrjan a total midfielder must be implanted. Only the top (Pușcaș) is on the way, the middle line will remain incomplete until the end of the championship.
6. Andrei Borza is the future left defender of the national team, if he is serious and able to improve his defensive game.
7. In the second act, Rapid's only mission was to avoid a match on the counter. He succeeded, he won. The final ratio of chances, 3-3, urges balance, however.
8. Dinamo produced football molecules, the pressure was cut off quickly, the crosses only reached the opponents, the reserves had water in the pump instead of fuel.
9. Karamoko was from another movie, the only football player from Dinamo skilled in agitating the fast players in the second half.
10. A line of gratitude also for reporters, children of balls, cameramen, people of law enforcement, photographers, those who had 5-6 hours of blizzard whistling past their ears for the sake of a product easier to consume from the sofas.




