Rapid, “betrayed” by the offensive players » Alex Dobre managed only 18 passes in 76 minutes! And he didn't win any duels
Article by Marius Mărgărit – Published Monday, April 27, 2026, 1:14 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 27, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
Rapid miserably lost the derby with Dinamo (1-3) at the National Arena, not only on the scoreboard, being abundantly dominated in most aspects by Kopic's team.
It is curious that Giulești had the final possession, 57% to 43%. They recovered after the break, when SportsBase data shows that Dynamo led this index by 53%. In the second half, Rapid turned the situation around at this point, had the ball, but to no avail.
It was the half in which he scored two more goals, from Cîrjan and Musi, managing to score only at the end, through Paraschiv, on the only shot on the opposite goal of Costel Gâlcă's team.
At halftime, Dobre had only 7 passes, and goalkeeper Briciu 10!
In the match with Dinamo, the volume of play of Rapid's main attackers was extremely low. And Alex Dobre's lack of form was again evident.
In terms of passes, at halftime, the scorer of Costel Gâlcă's team had the fewest on the field (7), he was even below goalkeeper Adrian Briciu (10)! Until the 76th minute, when he was replaced, the former Giulești captain collected 18 passes, slightly more than his goalkeeper (15).
But anyway, the least of all the holders. He was followed by Constantin Grameni (26), Claudiu Petrila (31) and Olimpiu Moruțan (34).
In comparison, Lars Kramer had the most (71), followed by Andrei Borza (61) and Kader Keita (57). I mean the defensive ones!
Another terrible figure for Dobre: out of 8 duels (7 offensive) he won none! He is the only one on zero in this index, among all the players who performed in the derby. In addition, he did not attempt any dribbles, in this chapter Christensen was the one who attempted the most, 5, of which 4 were successful.
And in the general index, which monitors the players in all parameters throughout the match, Dobre had the lowest figure on the field, 138, together with the same three colleagues: Petrila (142), Grameni (143) and Moruțan (144).
The best general index from Rapid was that of Paraschiv, the author of the goal (178), followed by Christensen(176), Borza and Pașcanu (both 168).
At Dinamo, the highest index was held by Musi (209), followed by Opruț (200) and Boateng (193). Only Stoinov (142) had a general index at the level of the weakest from Rapid.
10 dynamists and only two speedsters shot at the goal
The problems that Rapid has in the offensive game in the last games “exploded” in the game with Dinamo. In terms of shots, the “dogs” dominated copiously. Ten of Kopic's players tried the goal, sending 15 shots, 6 of which were square.
Rapid only had 4 shots the whole match, of which only one was on goal! Only two players ended up shooting at Epassy's goal: stopper Pașcanu (3/0) and Paraschiv, during the phase of the honorary goal of Giulești.
They are just some of the figures from Sunday night's derby, which show why Rapid basically had no chance against Dinamo. Which, following this result, has now also passed Giulești in the ranking, with two points, occupying the 4th place.
