 In a friendly match against Real Madrid he was selected man of the match.He returned to Dinamo in 2006 just for a few months playing 13 matches, scoring one goal.In the summer of the same year, Politehnica boss Marian Iancu decided to bring Alexa - by then, a real "persona non grata" in Timișoara, due to his pledge of loyalty to Dinamo - back to the city where he started his career, together with teammate Ştefan Grigorie.