Matteo Duţu

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7 Dec 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Matteo Duţu

18 Edition

The Dinamo Bucharest Herald

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Paul Nita says Dinamo Bucharest went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tempers go at Dinamo Bucharest

Raul Opruţ was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Bucharest training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cătălin Cîrjan is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Devis Epassy

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Matteo Duţu signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matteo Duţu commits to Dinamo Bucharest for another 4 years.

The dugout

Dinamo Bucharest keep their word to Zoran Mitrov

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The Dinamo Bucharest Herald

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Zoran Mitrov

Successful dribbles: 50. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Lovre Rogić stands alone

9 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Bucharest training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikita Stoinov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Andrei Mărginean in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dinamo Bucharest this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Mamoudou Karamoko’s goal not enough for Dinamo Bucharest

Mamoudou Karamoko scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Pandurii, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Nicusor Mihaila left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout

Dinamo Bucharest pick somebody else ahead of Devis Epassy

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Squad

Raul Opruţ makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout

No hiding place for Matteo Duţu

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matteo Duţu, and the manager let it.

In brief

8 Edition

The Dinamo Bucharest Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A fracture rules Nikita Stoinov out for 17 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Dinamo Bucharest will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Player ratings

Alberto Soro was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 34. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad

Lovre Rogić stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad

A falling-out at Dinamo Bucharest

Raul Opruţ and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Alberto Soro’s goal not enough for Dinamo Bucharest

Alberto Soro scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Universitatea Craiova, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Bucharest training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matthias Verreth is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

Nicusor Mihaila faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Nicusor Mihaila after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout

Somebody else is better right now than Devis Epassy

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Matteo Duţu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief