But there were three fronts for Dinamo and Universitatea, not two – and one cannot be all that certain that Dinamo multitasked better than Universitatea. Dinamo was eliminated in the Cup tournament, Universitatea reached the final. Their opponent was Politehnica (Timisoara), trying hard to compensate for their disastrous championship season. It would have been nice to win the Cup, but one of the seasonal outsiders, finishing relegated, was unable to win – they gave their best, may be more than their best, but lost 1-2.
Unlucky at the final, but objectively Politehnica had no winning team. Still great attempt, but just like two years earlier the Cup was out of their hands at the end.
Universitatea (Craiova) confirmed that it was one of the two leading Romanian clubs, no matter which one of the two big Bucharest clubs was leading presently, they rivaled it. Not an easy victory, but still it was a season with a trophy. Stefanescu, Lung, Ungureanu, Balaci, Negrila, Camataru – a strong core of national team players, used to winning and leading their teammates to the next success. So far, their 4th Cup.