Article by Alexandru Barbu – Published on Thursday, 23 April 2026 23:25 / Updated on Thursday, 23 April 2026 23:54
10 conclusions at the end of the semifinal of the Romanian Cup between Dinamo and Craiova University2-5 after penalty kicks.
1. The first serious opportunity of the match came only in the 67th minuteStoinov's header. The final report begged for other major chances, until extra time there were none.
2. It's as if the men in red talked from the locker room to the others in blue to get to overtime and penalty shootouts. Dobre from Rapid would have been rightthe “ball guns” in the Cup destroy football!
3. The frames captured by the drone with Bucharest asleep saved the first part, one in which Craiova counted too many attacks that it did not complete, Dinamo contenting itself with closing doors. There was also a knife pass by Anzor, “spoiled” by Epassy, and a phase with Mora who hit the right with his left.
4. Dinamo also threw the lock starting in the second half, when they crowded their defense with another central defender. Kopic admitted that his team is inferior on paper. Coelho's answer knocked us into our seats, the Portuguese fearfully swapping Assad for Nsimba. The people of Olten waited for the dynamists to fall by themselves, they didn't have the courage to tear them apart.
5. Craiova's game generated noise, volume, not music. While Dinamo didn't even bother to turn on the tape recorder. It's disarming that two play-off teams have developed an allergy to pressure. In the penalty kicks, the guests prevailed. Raul Rusescu says that it is not a lottery, that simply the best performers win.
6. Danny Armstrong frequently challenges his opponents, kicks them, stomps on them, slaps them, fights with their supporters. The football player hated by the opponents, who you want to have in your team. The Scotsman's feet are not extraordinary, but he has an obvious quality: like any true Briton, he centers properly. And Anzor's service is delightful at times.
7. Adi Rus and Screciu for the present and samples of what David Matei and Matteo Duțu can become, that's all Gică Hagi from the lodge had to watch.
8. George Pușcaș hasn't played 90 minutes since February 2025. It's not worth judging now, he will be a blameworthy player only after the summer camp.
9. It's not the end of the world to have a bad day, to miss your dribbles or shots. But kicking the game like Cîrjan did is intolerable for a number 10 of 23 years. Nsimba and Cicâldău gave him competition.
10. Craiova has a foreign technician, even if he is scared, and he shoots at the event, Dinamo was made to count again by another coach from outside the country, FCSB no longer wants to hear from local teachers. When 3 grands tell you that you have no more professionals, disband your school! Or go for it.
