Monday, 8:30 p.m., Rapid – Craiova University. On Giulești, the derby of our football teams that did not have historical privileges, but only acquired through work, takes place.
Giulesti Stadium – RapidPhoto: Adrian Ilincescu/ HotNews.ro
Rapid-Craiova is the place where tradition meets not with growth, but with problems. Always. When the clubs from Bucharest and supported by the PCR and the Army or the Militia won, Rapid and Craiova suffered and worked 150% for each point.
For Raprid, this edition was announced differently. But everything turned under the same wind of whims. How did this happen? Quickly out of chances in the Championship, now he is the hottie in the SuperLigă. From the most ardent gallery, regardless of the result, we became a capricious gallery (Liviu Ungurean, Bocciu is arrested).
The rapid with the best attack became the team with the most failed defense (Săpunaru and Aioani received goals like Berilă, match by match).
The shadow of Şumudica
After the dismissal of the coach Bergodi, the patrons are afraid of the only popular option: the proud, haughty, cheeky Şumudica. That’s not enough, President Daniel Niculae is accused in the firecracker case, and the Rapid is jackaled by a hostile world. Like he was hitting people on the street. Tonight, at 8:30 p.m., they play Craiova University, on Giulesti, and victory is the only option.
Cacophony and betrayal across the board
Rapid now looks like a vocal and powerless dragon with three heads: Gallery, Patrons and Team. One roars at the other, and in the general roar, all three heads forget what they represent.
It all started on March 9, Rapid beat FCSB 4-0. Ecstasy. We were champions. The next day, the head of the Bocciu gallery, the president of the Club, Daniel Niculae and the members of the Gallery were giving an account of their deeds in front of the prosecutors. It was discovered not only the storage of firecrackers in Giulești, but also the fact that Bocciu, through intermediaries, owned the Giulești bodyguard company. So, betrayal of trust across the board.
Daniel Niculae seemed to be arranging with the referees the pyrotechnic display on Giulesti. In a few days, the Gallery, one of the heads of the Giuleșt dragon, collapsed into chaos. And since then the Gallery has never recovered. Before the match with Craiova on March 30, Șucu, the patron, fed the gallery with Parisians, but it didn’t help anything, absolutely nothing. The dragon collapsed.
Bergodi leaves, and the situation turns from cherry to blue
The disasters continued. The mental gallery fell, the team fell on the field. And the whole story fell on the head of the defense. And Săpunaru and Aioanei did not cope. The entire Superliga play-off gave us goal after goal, like some kids on the field.
In front of the records, Şucu the boss, not too seasoned in such battles, fired the coach. What to do? So the cherry situation turned blue. Bergodi knows, no matter how Italian he is, he has proven that he knows his trade. But Şucu became Becali: Well, who is to blame? The coach is to blame.
Where there is bad there is also good
The 3-headed dragon from Giulesti no longer bites the Parisier, but neither the enemy. The gallery now, without Bocciu, no longer leads the team to victory. The team, without a real coach, is confused. The icing on the cake is that Şumudica seems to be the only option as a coach. Or, nailing yourself with the Great Egolatru is quite risky.
Now let’s look at the bright side. We are in May, nothing worse can happen to us than finishing 6th in the SuperLiga. Last year, with coach Mutu still at the end of the playoffs, we finished. Now what to do? Not even lethargy works. Where is the solution?
We need a popular president
The gallery as a gallery is like nature, like the rain that falls and heals itself. You have to let her recover from the hiccups. Who can do what?
Bocciu and Daniel Niculae will make their way to the prosecutors until they see themselves guilty or innocent. Are you firing Daniel Niculae? Well, is he guilty? If he comes out innocent from the investigation? You should at least suspend him. But how to put an interim President at Rapid, what is that? Ostrich. And a popular President is needed at Rapid in these times of drought. Şucu and Angelescu, the owners, have to make the big choice: with Şumudica or without. But what are you doing? If you avoid Şumudica too much, it’s because you don’t want him. Ori Şumudica is the choice of the Gallery. Şucu and Angelescu put Galeria in their head?
Do you realize how many bugs are over Giulești tonight when the Oltenians come? The team, here, becomes the last one we talk about. And that sucks.
What we forget: that the team has value
The team doesn’t seem to matter, does it. Or, that’s exactly what I think salvation is. The team must play better than ever. Where does the blood come from in Rapid’s cheeks?
No matter how weak the defense is at Rapid, Săpunaru and Aioanei, it is impossible not to have any kind of inspiration. Papeau fenta, pass to Rrahmani and goool! Dokovici finds Krasniqi free in the box and goool! Only a victory, as only the Rapid players can give, unites the Gallery and chases away the bubbles from Giulesti.
And how it can’t be otherwise, look, it seems it’s not possible, a victory tonight would tame the 3-headed dragon and tame the hyenas of the football world, always ready to snarl, to curse. Any bugs and mud can be banished with a game like no other only the Rapid team does. We have value and that’s what the Rapid is forgetting now. Come Quick!
