“We can no longer hope for the title. We withdrew after the goal. Some lines and mentality will change”
Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published on Sunday, 12 April 2026 23:59 / Updated on Monday, 13 April 2026 00:09
Andrei Nicolescu, the president of Dinamo, commented on the draw recorded by the “dogs” in Gruia, score 1-1 with CFR Cluj, in stage #4 of the Superliga play-off.
The Dinamo official was upset after the game and was unhappy with his team's inefficiency in front of goal. He announced a restructuring of the team in the summer and said that his team no longer has a chance for the title.
Andrei Nicolescu reacted after CFR – Dinamo 1-1: “It's exasperating when you miss so much. We have to change the mentality”
“We made one mistake in this game. We went back after the goal. We had a mentality that we need to build a bit more. It's very unlucky, but it's exasperating when you miss so much. Unfortunately we compromise our chances for the goals we set for ourselves with so few points after 4 games.
It is frustrating that in none of these matches we were not under our opponents, but even over. We played a good game on a very difficult pitch where few teams have as many chances as we did and good situations.
It's a shame that we are still learning the strong and pragmatic team mentality. We have to get through this. We hope it won't be like that again soon.
They are the options we wanted on the bench as well, but it was not just up to us to get fit for the players we have. You know this. We made choices together and we chose to do so for different reasons.
That there are opinions that it should have been done differently, OK, but that's how we thought it was better. We finished the regular season and we started the play-off with bad luck,” Andrei Nicolescu said on the Digi Sport Special show.
Some lines will change at Dinamo and that's good because we need fresh blood. Some more central defenders are coming, but Matteo Duțu has shown that he is a very good solution.
We see which players are out of contract in the summer and see. We want a bigger batch, in the perspective in which we want to participate in the European cups.
We can no longer hope for the title, but we are fighting in European cups and in the other competition, where there are only 4 teams left
– Andrei Nicolescu
Ranking in the Superliga play-off
