Who was more technical between Dobrin, Hagi and Mutu. A resident of Pitesti gave the verdict
Adrian Mutu (47 years old) made the list of the most technical footballers in the history of Romania. The Pitesti native born in Călinești put Nicolae Dobrin, who was his coach at FC Argeș, first, and not Gică Hagi (61 years old), his godfather from his first marriage. Born on August 26, 1947, the one nicknamed “Gâscanul” or “Prince of Trivale” died on October 26, 2007.
The big three of Romanian football, Balaci, Dobrin and Hagi PHOTO Collage
“Gicu Dobrin was much more technical than me, and than Gică Hagi combined. He was a different kind of footballer, meaning he used precision and not force.
He played tennis with his foot. He also had leg problems and could not run. But at foot tennis he was a specialist and a master even at 60 years old, as he was then. That's why I say. We were technicians, but Dobrin took the technique to another level.
I mean, when I say that he used precision and not force, for example, when he hit the goal, he never hit hard. Always placed. When he escaped alone with the goalkeeper, that taught me too, that I don't have to hit hard, I just have to pass him, that is, just be precise. Which makes senseMutu told Digi.
As an independent candidate for the supreme office in the state, Nicușor Dan answered unequivocally in the Antena 1 studio who is the greatest Romanian footballer for him: “From history? No discussion, Nicolae Dobrin“!
Nicolae Dobrin won two Romanian championship titles with FC Argeș. The first in the 1971-1972 season, the second – in 1978-1979.
He does not regret communism
“Brilliant” lived 10 years under communism and expressed his opinion about Nicolae Ceaușescu's dictatorship.
“Wow! This is hard. It's not hard. I lived in communism. We would live 10 years under those laws.
I remember standing in line to buy bread, to buy milk, to get the oil ration, I remember when they forced us to sing for Ceaușescu when he came.
I don't think it was better. I don't think democracy was understood very well either. But the Romanian's life now is incomparable with what it was then.
Because then communism, among the many things it had… was equality“, said Mutu, at “Digi Sport Interviews”.
