Athens, final assault

"The Dogs" imposed themselves with ten people against Sturm and they hope for another two weeks to the European spring



It was the worst beginning of a match for Dinamo that we could ever imagine. Abandoned by the supporters, "the dogs" found out that they should start the match with the score 0-1. First, Rus committed a penalty, but Dolha defeated the shot given by Muratovici (4). The defenders continued to sleep but Sonnleitner scored with the head in the next phase!



Not even the goal could wake up somebody. Adrian Cristea ran with the indolence in the crampons, Molinero played from the memories of his beginning at Atletico Madrid, and Rus seemed to be lost in a football too academic for him. 



Andrei Cristea, the only player from Dinamo alive from the first half of the match, took his courage in both hands and he gave the first shot in the goalpost defeated by Gratzei only in the minute 30! He is also responsible for the equalizing goal given by Niculae, scored beneath the goalkeeper after Andrei’s shot had been rejected by the goalkeeper on the lateral side. The spectators hadn’t rejoiced yet when Rus received stupidly the second yellow card and he went in the locker-room to get a warm!



"Arrow", the right man in the right place

The break made miracles. Borcea said to the players that, if they win, will receive a consistent bonus, and on the field there appeared another team. With ten people, Dinamo managed to do what they couldn’t do in 11.



They controlled the match like a great team, they move away the danger from their own goalpost and they imposed as long as it was necessary. The same Niculae shot a little bit over the goalpost (47), but he didn’t forgive ten minutes later and he scored with the head from Boştină’s pass! 







2-1 and Dinamo’s dream to qualification started to take shape, because Galata gave them a helping hand which they didn’t even imagine, defeating Panathinaikos. That’s exactly what "The white-red" needed so that they still hope!





Leaders contested

The 1.500 of fans present last night in Ştefan cel Mare encouraged their team, but more frequently they preferred to protest against the leaders. The main characters attacked by the gallery of Dinamo were the executive president Cristi Borcea and the shareholder Vasile Turcu. (Cătălin Gheorghiu)







With 2-1 at Athens, Dinamo se califică!

Dinamo must defeat Panathinaikos in order to go further, with any score besides 1-0! If Dinamo draws the score with which the Greeks have won in the turn match in Ştefan cel Mare, "Pao" would qualify thanks to the better goal average. Andrei Cristea and his colleagues need a success at Athens, but one in which to score at least twice. In this case, "the dogs" would draw Panathinaikos at points and they would make the difference at the direct results.