Dinamo managed to draw, 3-3 in the 89th minute, but even if the Piteşti squad would have been champions, Nicolae Dobrin secured the title with a goal in the injury time.
After playing them in a European Cup game and scoring a goal, Santiago Bernabéu, their famous president was so impressed with Dobrin's skills that he wanted to transfer him to the Spanish team for a reported fee of $ 2 million, a huge amount of money for that time.
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Because of the communist regime in Romania in that period, Bernabéu had to hold talks with Nicolae Ceaușescu himself, but could not persuade him, because Dobrin was regarded as a "national good" and such values could not be "estranged", especially not working for foreigners, according to the communist doctrine of that time.
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On 29 October 2007, his funeral ceremony, held at St. George's Cathedral and at St. George's Military Cemetery, was attended by more than 5,000 people (including Nicolae Dică & Adrian Neaga from Steaua Bucharest and Dănuț Coman from Rapid Bucharest who were coached by Dobrin in their youth years).
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''Seven o'clock in the evening...''
''It's quiet throughout the land.''
(Cartoon by Nicolae Tonitza |