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“Dinamo lost the most important match of the season!”

Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Monday, 09 March 2026, 23:04 / Updated on Monday, 09 March 2026 23:04

CFR Cluj – Dinamo 2-0. Former international Basarab Panduru (55) claims the team coached by Zeljko Kopic (48) lost “the most important match of the season”. Dinamo finished in 5th place in the regular season and will play in the first stage in Giulesti, against Rapid, on Sunday, March 15.

It was the third failure in a row for Dinamo, which ends the first part of the season on its knees and has no reasons for optimism for the play-offs.

Panduru claims that Dinamo really needed a win in Cluj, so they would have finished in 3rd place, played at home in the first stage and had a huge morale before the play-offs.

Basarab Panduru, after Dinamo suffered three consecutive defeats: “This match was so important”

“Dinamo lose the most important match of the season. Why? If they had won, they would have finished third and had incredible morale before the play-offs. You beat a team in great form and you think you can win anywhere.

In the first stage of the play-off, you played at home with the team in fourth place, U Cluj, which I don't say you beat, but it's at home. You could win with morale. In the first stage it was Craiova – CFR Cluj, another match that we could say that the University could lose. At that moment, Dinamo was on a high, it felt that it could win the championship.

That Dinamo is no longer playing is another matter, but I am saying how important this match was. It was the most important game of the season.

Now Dinamo has three defeats in a row. It's one thing to have morale after a victory at CFR at home, another after a defeat and three defeats in a row and you go to Rapid. Things were clear: if he played at CFR Cluj, he was in a very good position.

If you asked me if I see Dinamo winning, I didn't see it at the beginning of the match, I saw them draw. I didn't like the attitude of those who came from the bench, Ikoko and three, four unders“, said Basarab Panduru, at Prima Sport, according to orangesport.ro.

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