FC Argeș – Dinamo, the star match of stage #14 of the Superliga, is played today, from 20:30. The match on “Orășenescul” from Mioveni is liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on Digi Sport and Prima Sport.
With morale “damaged” following the failure with Rapid, Dinamo has a new complicated match. “The “dogs” return to the field where they obtained promotion in 2023 for a duel with the “revelation” of the championship, FC Argeș.
FC Argeș – Dinamo, live from 20:30
FC Argeș – Dinamo, starting teams:
FC Arges (4-3-3): Lazar – Oancea, Tudose, Sadriu, Briceag (capt.) – Rață, Sierra, Blagaic – Ferreira, Matos, R. Moldoveanu
reserves: Straton, Tchassem, Orozco, R. Popescu, Seto, Borta, Pîrvu, Brobbey, Bettaieb, A. Manole, L. Crăciun
Coach: Bogdan Andone
Dinamo (4-3-3): Epassy – Sivis, Boateng, Stoinov, Opruț – Gnahore, Mărginean, Cîrjan (capt.) – Armostrong, Perica, Musi
reserves: Roșca, Ungureanu, Tabuncic, Milanov, Bordușanu, C. Mihai, Kyriakou, Caragea, M. Toader, Alvarez, L. Bărbulescu, Al. Pop
Coach: Zeljko Kopic
Stadium: “Townie”, Mioveni
Referee: Florin Andrei (Târgu Mureș) / A1: Laszlo-Imre Bucsi (Sfântu Gheorghe – Covasna) / A2: Alexandru Vodă (Alba Iulia) / VAR Referee: Ionuț Coza (Cernica) / Referee AVAR: Cosmin Vatamanu (Bucharest) / R1: Răzvan Negara (Vaslui) / Referees Observer: Robert Dumitru (Sfântu Gheorghe – Covasna)
UPDATE 16:30 | Arnold Garita's message, on the day of the FC Argeș – Dinamo match
Arnold Garita, the goal scorer of FC Argeș in the year of relegation, sent a message to the people of Pitesti through Gazeta Sporturilor, on the day of the re-editing of the “double” from two years ago. “The bulldozer”, as the Cameroonian was nicknamed, did not forget his former club. The Cameroonian was the main source of hope for Argeș in the return match of the “barrage” with Dinamo, when the white-violets forced a “comeback” in the return from Mioveni.
Garita holds the fists of Pitesti in the match against the “nightmare” Dinamo. “I wish a lot of courage to those from FC Argeș“, was the attacker's short message.
Garita scored two goals and provided an assist in the second leg of the “barrage”, in which FC Argeș led at one point with 4-1 // photo: Imago Images
UPDATE 16:00 | Ironies with dogs and “The Goose”
On the official social media accounts, the white-violets resorted to a bold montage before the match with Dinamo. In the context of the historical rivalry between Nicolae Dobrin and Dinamo's “heavies”, the white-purple club published an AI-generated photo with a strong metaphorical underpinning.
The image published by FC Argeș before the derby with Dinamo
“The Goose. Even his rivals looked at him with admiration, because genius does not take colors into account”sounded the message posted by FC Argeș”, which won the title in 1979 after Nicolae Dobrin checkmated the Dynamo players right on Şoseaua Ștefan cel Mare.
Bogdan Andone: “We are not treating the match as a special one, but as one that we want to win”
This is what Bogdan Andone, the “purple eagles” technician, said before the match with Dinamo:
“We are in a good situation, but we have to stay at the same level of concentration and attitude. We meet a strong, very dynamic team with a coach who has been working there for almost two years. It will be a difficult game, Dinamo is a growing team with valuable players, and it is important for us to be balanced and determined to get a positive result.
The boys trained very well, we are not treating this match as a special one, but as an important game that we want to win.
We have one more training before the game and we will decide the final squad based on the medical condition of the players. There were small problems, but I hope that everyone will be fit”, said Bogdan Andone on Thursday, according to arges-sport.ro.
I, personally, was not in the squad for that match (no “barrage” with Dinamo from 2023), but we all know what that moment meant for the club and for the supporters. But now it's a different team, a different generation. We want to show that we are also a good team, that we can fight on an equal footing with anyone and get the victory for the supporters, who are always with us.
– Florin Borța, FC Argeș defender, for GSP.ro
I know many people from Dinamo, I grew up there, but now I am a FC Argeș player and I am 100% focused on my team. A beautiful match awaits us, in a special atmosphere, and I hope that at the end we can enjoy it together with the supporters.
– Robert Moldoveanu, FC Argeș striker, in the conference
Zeljko Kopic praises his opponent, before FC Argeș – Dinamo: “She has quality! We can't talk about luck”
“There is a good atmosphere in the team, the players are positive. I analyzed the match with Rapid, I took out the positive parts. In some moments we missed many opportunities, we had situations that should have been handled better. We learned from those, we recovered from a physical and mental point of view. We did not have much time for this, we immediately started preparing for the match with Argeș.
They have a very good season, they have the same number of points. They run well, they are solid defensively, they have a very good offensive transition. All the teams in the Top 6 are here for a reason. They have quality. After 13 games we can't talk about luck.
(…) Argeș and Botoșani have very good coaches with a lot of experience. They chose the right player profile for what they want to play for. Both are well organized defensively. That is their strength. These teams have done good things this season, that's why I'm here,” Kopic pointed out.
I watched the matches of FC Argeș, personally I even saw them all. They are a very good team, they play well both defensively and offensively. To beat them, we have to be better than them and not miss the opportunities.
– Kennedy Boateng, Dinamo defender
Ticket agitation: they fear a Dynamo invasion
The rigor with which FC Argeș chose to market tickets for the match with Dinamo confused many of the supporters from Pitesti and the surrounding area who planned to attend the match on Friday evening. Because the white-violets are afraid of the infiltration of Dynamo fans, priority was given to subscribers at the ticket offices.
Organizers are under pressure that “dogs” left without a ticket will try to get tickets in the areas near the guest sector, as the fast riders did in July, in the first stage.
Wednesday was the last day subscribers benefited from priority. From today, the tickets were “free”, but not under any conditions. According to the information obtained by Gazetă, those who went to the stadium store today could buy a maximum of two tickets and only if they had a bulletin with their residence in Argeș county. All to discourage Dinamo fans from buying tickets in the stands near the away gallery.
FC Argeș and Dinamo meet again two years after the “dam” that enamored them even more
In the summer of 2023, Dinamo secured their Superliga tickets after a heart attack “barrage” with FC Argeș. It was 8-5 overall for the team then coached by Ovidiu Burcă!
The Bucharest tour ended with an unlikely outcome! The red-whites prevailed 6-1 against the higher echelon opponent. The return from Mioveni was agonizing. FC Argeș led at one point with 4-1, but the “film” of the purple eagles broke after the elimination of Calcan. Dynamo reduced the difference, promoting in the first league despite the 2-4 defeat.
FC Argeș restructured massively from that moment, even if it had to endure another year in “exile” of the second league. Only Andrei Tofan, injured for months, the kid Yanis Pîrvu and Cătălin Straton, reserve this season, are still in the extended team of Pitesti today. Even Dinamo has nothing to do with the team since then. In the group of “dogs”, there is no player who took part in the “barrage” with FC Argeș!
FC Arges – Dinamo | Key data about the match, filtered by GSP statistician Liviu Manolache
– The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 93 times (playoff matches are not included), 26 times the Argesans won, 55 times they defeated the Dinamos, and 12 other games ended in a draw.
– Records with host FC Argeș: 47 matches – 20 successes FC Argeș – 10 draws – 17 victories Dinamo.
– The first duel took place on August 20, 1961, Dinamo Pitesti-Dinamo Bucharest 3-4 and marked the debut of the Argesans in Division A. They scored Fl. Halagian, V. Lovin – double, respectively C-tin Frațilă, Vasile Alexandru, Ghe. Ene – double. For the people of Bucharest, that game would start the best domestic period, the only one in which they won four titles in a row (1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65).
– The first victory for the Pitesti team in the championship came on September 26, 1965, 2-1 at home, a match in which Nicolae Dobrin opened the scoring in the first minute.
The biggest score difference was recorded on June 19, 1974, Dinamo-FC Argeş 7-0. Despite the categorical success achieved by the Bucharesters, they lost the championship to the University of Craiova, which drew in Ploiesti and won the title for the first time.
– The most goals were scored on June 13, 1976, Dinamo-FC Argeş 7-1.
– Among all the 93 matches in the championship, the match on June 24, 1979, Dinamo-FC Argeş 3-4 was the most spectacular and remained in the memory of the microbists as “the most beautiful championship final in history”. After the exceptional performance, “Gâscanul” received a score of 10 from the representative of “Sport”, Ioan Chirilă, who noted: “The “Devil” Dobrin exercised his right of veto. He launched the counterattack of 1-1, against the course of the game, he succeeded in the great breakaway sprint, in the 69th minute, allowing himself the luxury of offering, in his autograph, the last goal of the championship.”
– Only two white draws have been recorded over time, both on the ground of Pitesti (September 26, 1984; March 23, 1997).
– The most recent direct meeting in the Superliga: January 21, 2022, FC Argeș-Dinamo 2-1.
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