Article by Robert Vîrdol – Published Wednesday, March 18, 2026 9:02 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, March 18, 2026 9:03 p.m.
Mihai Capățănă30, currently in Ordabassy, Kazakhstan, spoke to Gazeta Sporturilur about the derby between Dinamo Bucharest and University of Craiova (Thursday, from 20:30, at the National Arena). The midfielder is convinced that the “lions” will prevail in the duel against the “dogs”.
Craiova University begins its race to return to first place against Dinamo, and a fiery duel awaits it on Thursday. Olten fell to third place, being overtaken by U Cluj and Rapid Bucharest. On the other hand, Dinamo occupies sixth place with 26 points.
In the dialogue with Gazeta Sporturilor, Mihai Căpățănă spoke about the current batch of the team from Bănie, but also about the match with Dinamo. He recalled two moments from the derby against the formation of “Ștefan cel Mare”.
Mihai Căpățănă: “With Dinamo is the most important derby”
Mihai Capățănă
“The University of Craiova is the favorite team for the title. It started the play-off with the left, but it is a strong team, it has very good footballers, that's why I think it will win the championship. I keep in touch with former colleagues and people from the staff, I know how to work and the title would mean a lot.
The Cup and the Supercup have been won, and the joy is something else. Craiova is a beloved team and deserves everything that happens to it. There have been many good signings this year, Nsimba is good, Al-Hamlawi equally good, I like Mora, Cicâldău is at a high level. The transfers made this year are exceptional, they settled in quickly and I like that.
What matters most is the strength of the group. With Dinamo it will be a nice match, it doesn't matter the places in the ranking, the differences are small. The matches with Dinamo are the biggest rivalry, the most important derby, it will be a difficult matchno more motivation is needed, they will definitely want to win and take an important step towards the title, in the case of Craiova. I see favorite Craiova, she looked better.
I have many memories with Dinamo, my debut in Craiova was with Dinamo at the National Arena, and my first goal for Craiova came in the Dinamo goal. I think the score will be 2-1 for Craiova”, said Mihai Căpățănă for Gazeta Sporturilor.
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