Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Saturday, April 18, 2026, 11:34 p.m. / Updated Saturday, April 18, 2026, 11:34 p.m.
Cristiano Bergodi (61 years old), the coach of Cluj University, reacted shortly after his team suffered the first failure of this play-off, in the last stage of the tour, 1-2, in Bucharest, with Dinamo.
The Italian at the helm of the leader did not appear disappointed by what happened and only hopes that the students he leads will recover after this “cold shower”, especially since a complicated test follows, in the semi-finals of the Romanian Cup, with FC Argeș, for a place in the final of the competition.
Asked if the players relaxed after this very good series, Bergodi disagreed, claiming that he saw them in training and they are not taking the situation lightly.
At the same time, he does not want to think about help from Rapid, in Sunday's match, with Craiova University, in the context in which, with success, Olten would return to first place in the Superliga.
Cristiano Bergodi's conclusions after the failure with Dinamo
“It was a less successful match from our side, without nerves, a balanced match, we had the chance, we scored goals. That was it, a less successful match, Dinamo succeeded in transition.
No, I don't agree, the players haven't relaxed, they don't dream of the title, I've seen them in training, they don't have their noses up, it's just that we didn't have a successful game, we weren't incisive in front, in the second half we had an opportunity through Mendy, but in general we did too little.
In all the matches I played, I created opportunities, situations, but today that didn't happen. I would be hypocritical to think that Rapid gets a good result in Craiova, I'm not interested in that, the players were disappointed, I'm interested in coming back, we have a very important match in three days, a semi-final of the Cup, we are preparing for this match without problems.
We don't make a tragedy out of this match, we have to recover, I'm going to talk to the players, we have 2 days before the Cup semi-final, I have to lift their spirits, the players are disappointed, but we didn't do what we should have done”, said Cristiano Bergodi, after the match, on the show “Fotbal Club”, from Digi Sport.
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