If Dinamo lives a football drama in the play-out, with goals conceded in the lane at the end of the games, on the other hand, in the play-off, Rapid is the team worthy of compassion!
Dan Șucu, majority shareholder of Rapid. PHOTO: The Truth Archive
Because the Giulești team finished the regular season only 4 points behind the FCSB leader, even recording a crushing victory over the team from Berceni, score 4-0! That match was played at the National Arena on March 9. Although not even two months have passed since then, it seems that the derby in which the “railwaymen” hit the ground with FCSB was played in another era! Because since then Rapid turned into a football disgrace!
Meanwhile, the Bucharesters parted with Cristiano Bergodi (59 years old) and appointed interim Bogdan Lobonț (46 years old) in a desperate attempt to stop this noisy collapse. But in vain! Rapid has just reached its 7th loss in eight playoff rounds and looks to “confiscated” the last position in this competition.
And a statistic that shows the true extent of the disaster in the “white-cherry”: Rapid has the worst balance after the end of the regular season of all the formations that are now in our first echelon! Even Mititelu's Poli Iasi and Craiova, which are in the play-out, scored 4 points each in seven games played after the regular season!
Play-off, 8th stage
Friday
Constanța Lighthouse – Sepsi 1-4
Sunday
CFR Cluj – Rapid 3-2
Months
University of Craiova – FCSB 21.00
Ranking
1. FCSB 49 points
2. 3. CFR Cluj 40p*
3. University of Craiova 37p*
4. Constanta Lighthouse 35p*
5. Sepsis 31p*
6. Fast 29p*
*teams that benefited from rounding up the score.
**The 1st place in the play-off participates in the Champions League, and the 2nd and 3rd place in the play-off in the Europa Conference League. The 3rd place in the play-off will play a play-off with the winner of the play-off between the 1st and 2nd places in the play-out for a place in the Europa Conference League.
Play-out, 8th stage
Saturday
Botoșani – Volunteers 0-0
Cluj University – Dinamo 3-3
Sunday
Oil – Steel 2-1
Months
Hermannstadt – Poli Iasi 15.00
UTA – FC U Craiova 18.00
Ranking
1. UTA 34 points
2. Galati Steel 33p
3. Hermannstadt 31p
4. Cluj University 30p
5. Petrol 29p*
6. Boots 25p*
7. Volunteers 24p
8. Dynamo 22p*
9. FCU Craiova 22p*
10. Poli Iasi 21p*
*teams that benefited from rounding up the score.
**The 3rd place in the play-off will play a play-off with the winner of the play-off between the 1st and 2nd places in the play-out for a place in the Europa Conference League. The 9th and 10th places in the play-out are relegated directly. The relegable places 7/8 in the play-out play a play-off with the places 3/4 in League 2.
