Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Monday, April 27, 2026, 00:06 / Updated Monday, April 27, 2026, 00:15
Dinamo's official did not go over the elimination from the semifinals of the Romanian Cup Betano, with the University of Craiova. The “Dogs” were tied in one of the last stages in overtime, then lost on penalties.
Nicolescu pointed out that the goal is the ranking on the podium and praised his team for the game played in the last games.
Andrei Nicolescu: “We can beat anyone, we can get a place on the podium”
“I'm one more hop away from performing. It's a joy, but I'm still reeling from the semi-final and that 118th-minute goal.
I find it unbelievable that we lost that match when in the 118th minute and the 45th second we had the ball in our hands. And after a few seconds, Craiova scored. And this grinds me, we had to give the ball in the stands. I'm still affected.
It's a victory I've been waiting for a long time. The supporters were amazing on Thursday and now. We dominate the CFR and lose two points in Gruia, we have shown that we can beat anyone, we need to accumulate points to qualify for the European cups. The players have shown that they have quality. There are 3 points, we have a direct match with CFR Cluj, the place on the podium is up for grabs.
Contrary to what normally happens in Romania, we were quiet during that period when we lost 5 matches in a row. The waters were not stirred. We made a group, we tried to find solutions, nothing similar to what happens in other teams happened”, said Nicolescu, on Prima Sport 1.
Andrei Nicolescu: “For us, Kopic's future is not a topic of discussion”
Asked about the future of Zeljko Kopic in the summer, Nicolescu did not offer a concrete answer.
“We are all focused on performance, that means reaching a European cup. We will be rational and make decisions together, the idea is that we don't have a problem from this, for us Kopic's future is not a topic of discussion” declared Nicolescu
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