Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published on Tuesday, 26 May 2026 22:31 / Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2026 23:16
Cătălin Cîrjan (23 years old), its captain Dinamois confident that his team can outclass the FCSB in the play-off final for access to the Conference League qualifications.
Cîrjan was also asked about Florin Tănase's (31-year-old) arrogant statement, who mentioned that “FCSB leaves as favourites”, considering the fact that “we beat them a lot in the last 10 years”.
Dinamo and FCSB will face each other in the Conference League play-off final on Friday, May 29, at the “Arcul de Triumf”. The “Dogs” ensured their presence in the play-off final after finishing the play-off in 4th place, while the red-blues advanced to the semi-final of the play-off against FC Botoșani in extra time, score 4-3, after 3-3 in regulation time.
Cătălin Cîrjan, confident before the tie between Dinamo and FCSB: “For us it's the match of the season”
“For us it is the match of the season. We had a very good season, but the goal is to enter Europe. Of course, it's one game as long as a season. We really want to play in Europe, we haven't played in European competitions for a long time. I think we deserve it, we are a very good team. I want to be positive, to think that we will win and I hope that we will.
(no Does FCSB scare you?) They have a very good team, but no Ligue 1 team scares me. We showed that we can beat anyone, we have a very good team.
I don't want to talk about it myself, I saw his (Florin Tănase's) interview. We are modest and we will enter the field to give our best. I hope we win!”, said Cătălin Cîrjan, according to digisport.ro.
How to start outsiders in the derby with Dinamo? And we have beaten them in the last 10 years a lot of times, we start as favourites. Form and dedication count in a derby. I have beaten them many times over the past few years. In the last match we were equal. I told you my opinion.
– Florin Tanaseimmediately after the victory with FC Botoșani
