Article by Carmen Dumitru, Tudor Belivacă – Published on Thursday, 05 March 2026 22:47 / Updated on Thursday, 05 March 2026 23:04
After Dinamo qualified for the semi-finals of the Romanian Cup, coach Zeljko Kopic spoke about the opponent in the next act, Universitatea Craiova, but also about the team he has at his disposal. The Croatian warns his out-of-form players to return to their full potential by the Romanian Cup semi-final. Zeljko Kopic mentioned in this category Alexandru Musi, the player used for the U21 rule at Dinamo.
Zeljko Kopic reacted after Dinamo – Metalul Buzău: “I won, naturally I'm happy”
“I'm happy. I won, naturally I'm happy. The pitch is very hard, hard. Footballers have problems when they change pitches. It was a match we didn't expect. We ran a lot, we fought.
Alex Pop scored, we had two bars. The team was motivated. The opponents, likewise, played well. That's why the Cup is interesting For them it was an opportunity. For the teams in the lower leagues, it is an opportunity to show what they can do, to do something extra, special. For us it is important that we passed, that we are in the semi-final and that is what matters.
We said before the start of the season that we want to be competitive in both competitions. We qualified three or four stages before the end of the regular season in the play-offs. After we qualified we didn't have good results and I think it was a very important game for us. The players felt the pressure that we have to win. I felt we didn't have balance on the pitch, but we're in the semi-finals and I'm proud of the players.
We said before the start of the season that we want to be competitive in both competitions. We qualified three or four stages before the end of the regular season in the play-offs. After we qualified we didn't have good results and I think it was a very important game for us. The players felt the pressure that we have to win. I felt we didn't have balance on the pitch, but we're in the semi-finals and I'm proud of the players.
It's still up to the University of Craiova in the Cup and we have plenty of time. I hope that by then Pušcaș and Karamoko will be fit, and other players who are not in the best shape will raise the level. We go and fight. It seemed to me that the awarding of yellow cards was not balanced, I asked him about the criteria and he gave me a yellow.
Andrei Mărginean will be on the field in seven to ten days on the field. He'll be back faster than the other two guys. Now we have to recover from this game. CFR Cluj is a difficult opponent, but we are going to fulfill our mission”, said Zeljko Kopic in the flash interview from Prima Sport.
