Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Wednesday, May 13, 2026 11:39 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, May 13, 2026 11:52 p.m.
The captain of U Cluj then turned his attention to the championship match between the two, on Sunday. With a victory, the Oltenians win the mathematical title. Any other result means that everything is decided in the last stage, when Cluj plays with Dinamo and Craiova with Rapid.
PHOTO GALLERY. While Craiova was celebrating the Cup triumph, the GSP photojournalist captured a colossal image with Nistor and Chipciu: “This is my message”
“It hurts but I'm upset. It's the third, fourth Cup final we've lost. The way we lost, the 6th, the 7th… It wasn't a show of chances. It was a balanced game, I knew they were a good team.
We finished in a tie. I have nothing to say but congratulations to my colleagues. These are the moments in life. City turn over Arsenal and lose to Everton, Simeone loses everything and starts all over again. That's my message. Thanks to the fans, they got louder, they were sensational. We are moving forward, there is nothing to do.
Head up, we're going to rest, we have an important match in the championship with them. And if we won the Cup, we couldn't be too happy, we had to go back home, we were on our way. We're going to Banie, that's my message. We walk with confidence.
In life you should want to hit your head at a moment like this, it means making it to the finals even if you lose. It was a nice final between 1st and 2nd place.
There is no fear of the result in the championship. There is one more match after the one in Craiova. If we win, we will have the last stage, with Dinamo. If we draw, it is still played in the last round. If we lose, we have lost the championship”, declared Alexandru Chipciu, on Prima Sport 1.
