Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Sunday, April 19, 2026 11:28 p.m. / Updated Sunday, April 19, 2026 11:31 p.m.
University of Craiova – Rapid 1-0. Alexandru Pașcanu, the Giulești defender, had a harsh speech after the failure in Bănie, from the 5th stage of the Superliga play-off.
Pașcanu believes that Olten didn't deserve to win and declared that Rapid should have scored on the opportunities they had. He spoke of Dobre and Christensen's huge chances in the second half when they both missed the target. The Norwegian was blocked at the last second by the opposing defenders, after he had reached 1 on 1 with the opposing goalkeeper.
According to the central defender, the attack is the main problem at Rapid. To send “arrows” to his offensive colleagues, just a week after Alexandru Dobre criticized Costel Gâlcă's tactics, which is why the winger lost his armband.
Pașcanu: “It's important to score a goal in the next match and win a match too!”
“It was obvious, in front of the goal was the problem. The last pass, the shot. What, they had bigger chances? Did they have bigger chances like Dobre's or Tobi's (no- Christensen)? I don't think they had. It was the goal, they had some actions, but they weren't dangerous. We didn't have a shot on goal, but we had two big chances.
That's where you have to give up. If you don't score, you can't win the game. I think that's all we lacked, the last pass or the shot.
Is he mathematically ready for the title? As long as we have a mathematical chance, we are there. There are still 15 points up for grabs. I didn't look at the ranking, but I don't think that U Cluj or Craiova are 15 points behind us.
Still playing. It is important to score a goal in the next match and to win a match as well. That we scored a goal in the last 4 matches”, said Pașcanu, on Digi Sport 1.
