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The “Dogs” come after the shock of the semifinals of the Romanian Cup, where they were eliminated by Craiova University on penalty kicks, after conceding a goal in the 119th minute, and are now “all-in” for a place in the Conference League preliminaries via the championship.

However, tonight's opponent is a true “black beast”, the Giulio team winning three times this season in front of the red-whites, the last time in the first round of the play-offs, at the end of a game with a song, marked by Istvan Kovács's mistake with the equalizing goal of the team from Grant.

Since then, however, the team prepared by Costel Gâlcă has not won a single match in the Superliga play-off, accumulating only one point. Around 10,000 supporters are expected in the stands of the country's biggest stadium, of which around 2,000 are speedsters.

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Dinamo – Rapid, the likely teams:

Dynamo (3-4-3): Epassy – Boateng, Duțu, Stoinov – Sivis, Gnahore, Cîrjan, Armstrong – Soro, Al. Pop, Musi
reserves: Roșca – Toader, Țicu, Milanov, Mazilu, Pușcaș, Caragea, Tarbă, Bordușanu
Absent: Opruț, Mărginean, Karamoko, Ikoko (injured)
Coach: Zeljko Kopic

• Given the injuries in the “pack”, it is very likely that the Croatian technician will improvise in the starting line-up, opting for a defensive line in three defenders, as happened at the start of his term, but also in the second part of the match with Universitatea Craiova, in the Romanian Cup.

Quick (4-3-3): Aioani – Onea, Pașcanu, Kramer, Borza – Christensen, Moruțan, Grameni – Dobre, Koljic, Petrila
reserves: Briciu – Ciobotariu, Manea, Talisson, Hazrollaj, Paraschiv, Keita, Hromada, Popa, Burmaz, Sălceanu
Absent: Mendes, Bolgado, Vulturar (injured)
Coach: Constantin Galca

Referee: Sebastian Colțescu // ASSISTANT: Valentin Avram and Ioan Corb
VAR referee: Adrian Cojocaru // Assistant VAR: Claudio Marcu
Book: Vlad Baban // Obs. referees: Liviu Ciubotariu

What the two technicians said: “It's time to win” / “We have a duty to give more”

The atmosphere is one of disappointmentwe didn't reach the final and when you concede a goal so late it's difficult. Yesterday and today we talked about the match. It's OK, it's normal, we can't say we're not disappointed, but now we focus on Rapid.

We need to recover physically, mentally and emotionally because our energy needs to be directed towards what will happen on the field. It's time to win in the derby, we are preparing very well. In some situations we don't score, but the opponent does, and we have to change that. In these matches we have to get good results. And in the last match we were leading 2-1 until the referee made those mistakes and the match was lost.

Every game is important in the play-offs. We had a period where our results were not the best, but I think now we have 5 more finals for us and we think the game with Rapid is the most important.

– Zeljko Kopic, Dinamo coach

A game awaits us against a team that was one step away from qualifying for the Cup final. He showed that he can play well against a solid team like Craiova. They lacked inspiration, we must expect ambition, desire and organization from them.

We are coming after a rather difficult period. I've said it before, I didn't show properly, it was the midfield, the sides, the inspiration in front of the goal. That meant we scored few points in the early stages. We are much more focused at least on this match.

I asked them much more, because where individual quality or a decision does not reach, intensity must reach. We have to be connected, give everything and win as many matches as possible. The atmosphere is good and I hope it will be even better after each match. We have a duty to give more. I also understand the fans' anger.

Attitude should not be missing from any match. Every detail is important in this match. From my point of view, I would have liked a lot more, I was constantly in the top 3. We had many chances to take a step forward and be much higher.

– Costel Gâlcă, coach Rapid

PHOTO. Frames from the last match between Dinamo and Rapid, concluded with the victory of Giulești, score 3-2

The most relevant information, provided by Gazeta's statistician, Liviu Manolache:

• The sixth round of the play-offs is scheduled one of the most important duels in domestic footballthe one between Dinamo and Rapid. Here are some of the memorable matches in the history of the Bucharest derby:

• The two teams have met before in the main domestic competition 122 times50 times the red-whites won, 44 times the people from Giulești prevailed, and another 28 games ended in a draw

• Records with Dinamo host: 60 games – 29 Dinamo wins – 14 draws – 17 Rapid successes.

• The “first” confrontation took place on September 9, 1948, Dinamo-CFR Bucharest 0-1. Ştefan Filotti's goal gave the “red-whites” the first defeat in the history of the club in the Romanian championship. On the technical benches were Coloman Braun – Dinamo, respectively Petre Steinbach – Rapid.

• The end of the 40s belonged to the Bucharest “cherries”, they ticked off three more consecutive successes.

• The first victory for the hosts in this round was recorded on March 31, 1951Locomotiva-Dinamo 2-3 (Andrei Răducanu, Dumitru Călin / Pavel Scorţan, Alexandru Florea, Carol Bartha).

• After 3 years, in 1954, Rapid took the road of B, so that, in the season in which the Dinamo players celebrated the first title in the club's history, in 1955, the Giuleşte players fought to return to the “elite”. In the following season, 1956, Rapid defeated Dinamo at its stadium with 3-2 (October 7, 1956), a victory following which the losers lost contact with CCA in the fight for the title. The goal that made the difference would be scored by Gheorghe Ene II, the one who, later, would wear the shirt of the rivals, winning four consecutive championships with them.

• The 1960s provided memorable encounters between the two teamsdecisive confrontations even in the fight for the title. One of them took place on June 21, 1964, Dinamo-Rapid 5-2 (Pârcălab double, Nunweiller VI, Frăţila double / Emil Dumitriu double), a victory that resulted in the Giulești team missing the title in front of an exceptional generation. The cherry group remained with the 2nd place, a place it had not occupied since 1950. These were the first signs of Valentin Stănescu's work, the one who in 1967 brought the first title to Giulesti, not anyway, but after a fight with the rival from “Ştefan cel Mare”. The decisive match was played on April 16, 1967 and ended with the victory of Rapid, score 2-0 (Emil Dumitriu, Constantin Năsturescu). It was a duel “of the titans”, because Cornel Dinu, Nunweiller III, Nunweiller VI, Frătila, Rică Răducanu, Dan Coe, Lupescu, Motroc, Dumitriu, Năsturescu or Ion Ionescu were on the field, among others.

• The last title fight in the communist era took place on June 9, 1971Dinamo-Rapid 1-1. At the start of the match, Dynamo had a one-point lead, but in the 80th minute, Sandu Neagu scored and, for 10 minutes, Rapidul took first place, until Mircea Lucescu scored a championship-winning goal.

• Biggest score difference: September 17, 1988, Dinamo-Rapid 6-0 (Double usury, Mateuţ, Rednic, Andone, Vaişcovici).

• The confrontations for medals resumed in the late 90s, the main protagonists being Mircea Lucescu and Cornel Dinu. In 1999, “Il Luce”'s Rapidul won, and in 2000, “Procurorul” won.

4033 dayshave passed since Dinamo's last victory in the championship against Giulești: April 11, 2015, Dinamo-Rapid 2-0. Five draws and seven successes followed for the team in white and cherry.

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