Slătina ran riot against Dinamo București with a 5-1 victory in the Liga II Regular Season on Saturday. The hosts made no mistake at home, capitalising on every opportunity while their visitors struggled to find any rhythm. It was a statement win for the table-toppers and a reminder of why Dinamo are struggling at the bottom.
R. Granja opened the scoring after just seven minutes, a crisp finish that set the tone. S. Magyari doubled the lead fourteen minutes in, and by then Slătina looked comfortable. A. Georgescu picked up a yellow card for Dinamo at twenty minutes, a sign of things to come.
Magyari added his second before the interval, curling in at thirty-four minutes to make it 3-0. R. Cernamorit went off with a booking of his own at thirty-three, and Dinamo's confidence was already fraying. The home side tightened things up and were never going to let their visitors back into this one.
A. Ciocan made it 4-0 in the fifty-second minute, and Slătina were running out of games to make a point of themselves. A. Stan capped off the rout at sixty-seven, and the visitors had nothing to lose by that stage. One yellow card at eighty-two minutes barely registered in a match that had slipped away early.
The late goal at ninety-plus-one minutes was a courtesy finish, but Slătina had made their points. They sit top of the table now with six games played, five wins and a draw, sixteen points clear of trouble. Dinamo remain twenty-first with just three points from six outings and five defeats.
Slătina's recent form speaks for itself — victories over Steaua and Tunari, a draw with CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea. Dinamo's run includes losses to AFC Afumați and Viitorul Shelimber, and they are weighing up a move to find some stability. Saturday's result extended Slătina's unbeaten run to seven matches while ending Dinamo's brief hopes of a turnaround.