FCSB – Dinamo Bucharest will take place on Wednesday at 18:00 in the return of the Romanian Cup semifinal, 2019-2020 edition. In the round, in “Groapă”, FCSB prevailed with a definite 3-0 at the end of a match in which Adrian Mihalcea’s team was non-existent, the “dogs” being clearly surpassed in all chapters by the reserves of the “red-blues”. FCSB prevailed in the round more clearly than the score shows thanks to the goals scored by Adrian Popa, Darius Olaru and Cristian Dumitru.
Without any chance at the championship, the title fight will take place in the last four rounds between the University of Craiova and CFR Cluj, the “red-blues” can save the season with this competition, the Romanian Cup becoming the main goal of Bogdan Argeș Vintilă’s students. the shortest way to the Europa League.
On the other hand, clearly overtaken in the round, the “dogs” are as if eliminated from the competition, going to fight for honor on the “National Arena”, the thought of the “white-reds” being more at the weekend duel when they will take a real exam for survival in the first league with Poli Iași. This is also the reason why Adrian Mihalcea could consider using an experimental formula, the basic players will be spared for the confrontation with the Moldovans from “Groapă”. Bogdan Argeș Vintilă is in the same situation, in order to save more incumbents, considering that FCSB will support at the end of this week the derby of great pride with the University of Craiova in Bănie, the “red-blues” will referee this final of the season, the title fight, after the duel with the Oltenians, also meeting CFR Cluj on “Național Arena”.
-FCSB is without a win in the play-offs since the resumption of the season with two failures and two draws;
-Dinamo has only one victory since the resumption of the season, the one from the weekend with Academica away, score 3-1. In the other four official matches held post-pandemic (n.r. play-out and the Romanian Cup) the dogs suffered as many failures;
PREDICTION: FCSB to win @ 1,72
