Rapid – Dinamo 2-1. Zeljko Kopic (48 years old), the technician of the “dogs”, reacted after another failure in front of the Giulești. The Croatian had nothing to criticize the players, but remains with the bitter taste of the result.
His students Costel Gâlcă they solved the game from the first half, when they scored through Andrei Borza (30') and Daniel Paraschiv (34').
Kopic explained the reason why he chose to start the game with Mamadou Karamoko as a reserve. The Frenchman was injured and did not train all week, he only recovered a little on the day of the derby.
Zeljko Kopic, statements after Rapid – Dinamo 2-1: “It's always the same with them”
Extremely frustrated, Zeljko Kopic explained that Rapid deserved the victory, but the scenario is repeated where Dinamo controls the game and fails to get even a point.
“It's always the same with Rapid. I don't have many things to complain about the team, about the game. I made a few mistakes, but that's normal in football. We dominated most of the match, we tried, we changed the profile of the players in different positions. Rapid was defensively oriented. They scored on their own occasions, we didn't.
The guys are disappointed with this result, but that's it. We have to continue and find a way to be better in such matches.
I'm frustrated, yes. I felt before the match, from how we started, that we are good, that we are confident. We conceded a goal, we discussed to continue playing. I had over 70% possession. I don't know how many times Rapid got into our half, but we lost.
It's not the first time something like this has happened to us against this team. They deserved it, it seems. They took three points. I don't know if it was a foul at Mărginean. I don't want to talk about arbitration decisions. It was a very good action by us, but if it was a foul, it's a foul. We have to respect that. No problem.
I'm not talking about technical mistakes, I'm talking about desire, how the team wants to play good football.
Karamoko did not train all week, he had some problems with his adductors. We spoke yesterday, he said he would see today. He couldn't enter from the first minute, he wasn't at full capacity.
Today he said he felt good, he came on in the second half and he came on very well. All the players who entered did well. I can't complain too much. The team tried, dominated, had chances, defended. I have nothing bad to say about any player.
We are fighting for the top positions. We need players who bring us something extra. Karamoko can't necessarily play forward. Feels good on the left. Alberto can fake nine. Alex Pop is a good option, but I prefer to have him as a joker at certain points in the game.
I don't want to talk about any player until they sign. We need to fix this. Pušcaš is coming tomorrow and I hope everything will be ok, he will join us as soon as possible”, explained Zeljko Kopic, at the press conference.
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