Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Monday, April 13, 2026, 10:14 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 13, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
The University of Craiova had a 5-minute nightmare away from U Cluj, from Monday evening, from the 4th stage of the play-off. With the score 1-0 for the hosts, Monday Etim, the striker of Olten, made a huge mistake, leaving his team outnumbered for more than 70 minutes.
The derby for 1st place in the Superliga has started strongly, with both teams aware of the importance of success, which could, why not, be decisive in the title fight.
And the hosts from U Cluj were the ones who struck at the end of the first quarter of an hour, when Stanojev scored for 1-0. Craiova did not recover after conceding the goal and received the second shot in less than 5 minutes.
PHOTO. Monday Etim's 'criminal' entry in the 20th minute
In the 20th minute, Monday Etim had an extremely hard entry, with his sole directly on Mikanovic's shin, after a stuttered ball by Olten on the left flank.
He made his takeover too long, the ball got out of his control and went hard into the opponent, visibly affected on the sideline after an extremely hard contact.
Istvan Kovacs didn't think twice and, in a very good position, directly showed the indisputable red card to the Craiova player, who remained for several minutes on the edge of the field, motionless, unable to believe what he had done.
