Zeljko Kopic, honest verdict after Dinamo Bucharest

Zeljko Kopic, the coach of Dinamo, is honest and says that the miraculous interventions of the goalkeeper Adnan Golubovic secured the victory with Unirea Slobozia, score 1-0, in the ninth stage of the Superliga.

The Croatian technician praises his students after the effort taken to the point of sacrifice in the match played at the “Arc de Triomphe” arena and claims that they gave more than 100% for the victory that moves Dinamo to 3rd place in the ranking.

Zeljko Kopic, honest verdict after Dinamo’s narrow victory over Uniria Slobozia: “Golubovic saved the team”

The “dogs” trainer appreciates the sensational performance of Slovenian goalkeeper Adnan Golubovicwho he says saved the team several times, but also praises the other students for the effort and dedication taken to the extreme in the match against Adrian Mihalcea’s team.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game, a physical game, with a team that makes its mark on the physical side. We had a lot of injured players. We won tonight’s game with heart. The opponent risked a lot, and we were not fresh. Patriche hasn’t played for a long time, Bani and Cîrjan were in the national team, Selmani as well. They showed mentality and personality.

We have to see how we are after today’s game. Dennis Politic and Neagu will return from next week. Opruț felt something, it was 50-50, but I didn’t take any chances with him. It’s a nice feeling when you don’t score. Golubovic saved the team, but we also had a good defensive organization. We have to be consistent for the next games. All players gave more than 100% to survive until the end,” said Zeljko Kopic.

Cătălin Cîrjan is only thinking about the play-offs

Cătălin Cîrjan, the author of the only goal of the match on the “Arcul de Triumf”, also admits that Adnan Golubovic saved the three points for Dinamo through his interventions and appreciates the effort to exhaustion made by his colleagues in the match with Unirea Slobozia.

Footballer trained at Arsenal’s London academy claims that Dinamo is looking better and better and is confident that the “red-whites” will catch the play-off at the end of the regular season.

“A beautiful evening, since Monday we are already thinking about the next match. We had several nice phases in the first half, but the second half we suffered, we played for each other and got three points. Even though we have a lot of young people, we all work every day, and whoever comes in, gives everything in front of our supporters.

They also had chances, but Golubovic did his job and saved us in 2-3 phases. The coach is very nice, we have all the conditions to perform, to be a Dinamo that was once upon a time. We are working and I hope we enter the play-offs. We look better and better every week. We dedicate this victory to our supporters and to our coach, Mister Kopic”, said Cătălin Cîrjan.

“We had a completely changed defense compared to the last match, we had a few days to fully prepare our team. It’s good that we got three points and didn’t concede a goal. There were players who performed less, it was seen at the end of the game.

All terrains in Romania are pretty much the same everywhere. It was a battleground, we fought harder and deserved the three points. I’m glad that we have the best attack, but we still have work to do to achieve our goal”, said Răzvan Patriche.

First impressions of Patrick Olsen

Patrick Olsen, newcomer to the “red-white” pack, was integral in the victory of Unirea Sloboziaalthough he admits that he is not 100% set with physical training. The midfielder transferred from Poland has already made a first impression on his new team, and it is a very good one as he has been very well received and integrated into the team led by Zeljko Kopic.

“It is a very pleasant feeling to play for this team. We got three points in a tough game. It was fast enough for me. It’s a good group, everyone helped me. We had a good first half, then our players were tired and you could see, I’m not 100% either.

I haven’t worked on the goal phase, it comes by instinct. I liked all my teammates, we tried to have a good game and we succeeded. We have a lot of work to do, we need the right attitude. It was a good atmosphere, with the fans next to us, it is very important in such matches”, said Patrick Olsen.