Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published on Sunday, 08 March 2026 22:32 / Updated on Sunday, 08 March 2026 22:38
Nicușor Bancu, the left defender of Craiova University, commented on his team's draw against Rapid, score 1-1, match from the last stage of the regular season.
The scorer of Olten spoke about the game at Giulești and asked for sanctions for the Rapid supporters who allegedly used racist insults towards Ștefan Baiaram, which is why the match was interrupted for a short time.
Nicușor Bancu reacted after Rapid – University of Craiova: “I hope I convinced Mr. Lucescu”
“We are a little disappointed. We had the match in hand, we could have scored several times. At that mistake I hit the one from Rapid, I wanted to clear and their goal came. They had nothing left. We suffered there in front. We could have scored the second goal. We deserved to win.
I scored points, but definitely more could be done. There were matches in which we lost undeservedly. There were also matches where I played badly and won. In the end we are happy with what we achieved. We finish first and start at home.
Some of my teammates played 120 minutes. It was not easy for them. Fatigue was felt in the second half. They were more tired. Everyone ran as fast as they could. Those who entered did quite well. The Cup match also mattered. It's hard to dominate at Rapid.
Incidents happen, we are at football. It is important that it does not happen again. It's not nice to my colleague. I hope they learn something. The referees scored, they know better. I hope it doesn't happen again.
He (No. Baiaram) also suffered with Dinamo and was suspended for two rounds. Now let's see what will happen to those from Rapid. It is not ok towards Bairam.
We try to win every single game. We will try to get the victory. We all need to recover and we will definitely be fit.
I hope I have convinced Mr. Lucescu. It's important what you do throughout the season, not just one game. Even if I scored, I don't think it mattered that much.
It's a joy for me because I hadn't scored in a very long time. My colleagues kept saying that I couldn't score. It's not easy to win at Rapid”, said Nicușor Bancu in the flash interview.
