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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Romania’s handball sides have learnt their opponents in the following Champions League season after the lots drawing ceremony in Vienna on Thursday.

    So, in women’s competitions, where Romania is being represented by three sides, two of these, namely CSM Bucharest and Gloria Bistrita will be playing in Group A. Their opponents are Hungarian side Ferencvaros, Metz of France, Krim Ljublijana of Slovenia, Storhamar of Norway, Nykøbing Falster of Denmark and the Croatian side Podravka Koprivnica.

    Rapid Bucharest will be playing in Group B, together with Hungarian side Győr, the Norwegians from Vipers Kristiansand, Danish sides Esbjerg and Odense, with Buducnost Podgorica of Montenegro and the German side Ludwigsburg, formerly known as Bietigheim. The group also includes the French side Brest Bretagne.

    In men’s contests Dinamo Bucharest will be playing in Group A together with

    Wisla Plock of Poland, Paris Saint-Germain, Sporting Lisabona, with the Danish side Fredericia, Veszprem of Hungary, Fuchse Berlin and Bitola of North-Macedonia. The group’s matches are to kick off in September.

    However, the most important sporting event of these days is still the European Football Championships with the round of 16 scheduled to kick off on Saturday.

    We remind you that Romania will be up against the Netherlands in Munich on Tuesday.  Seven thousand tickets have been reserved for the Romanian football fans, although the Romanian Football Federation is holding talks with UEFA to double the number.

    According to the UEFA procedures, in the following period all those who bought at least one ticket for the matches in the group, are to receive a notification mail from UEFA allowing their purchase of four more tickets.

    They will have 24 hours to purchase their tickets and the remaining ones will be made available on the UEFA ticket web page. Until the match against the Netherlands, the Romanian side is training in Würzburg, Bavaria.

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  • Romania advances to EURO 2024 round of 16

    Romania advances to EURO 2024 round of 16

    “We’re not leaving”, thousands of Romanian football fans chanted in the stands on Wednesday after the Romanian national team qualified to the knock-out phase at the European Championship hosted by Germany. Much better rated teams than Romania, such as Croatia, Poland, Scotland or Serbia, have already gone home. At the same time, teams such as Georgia or Slovenia, ranked 74th and 57th respectively in world standings, also secured qualification. Romania achieved the notable performance of winning Group E, the most balanced of all EURO 2024 groups. All teams finished with the same number of points – 4 each, but only three advanced to the round of 16 owing to a better goal average: Romania, Belgium and Slovakia. Ukraine did not qualify, partly because of the severe 0-3 defeat to Romania in the first match. The Romanian side secured qualification after drawing 1-1 against Slovakia on Wednesday. Over 30 thousand Romanian fans colored the arena in Frankfurt yellow, and the team did not disappoint. The Romanian footballers displayed pragmatism, but also the same passion they showed from the start of the competition. Slovakia led 1-0 after the goal scored by Ondrej Duda on minute 24. Then Romania pressed the attack, and on minute 37, Ianis Hagi obtained a penalty kick. Răzvan Marin scored, and the two teams remained tied until full time. After the match, the Romanian national team headcoach, Edward Iordănescu, said:

     

     

    “I usually start by congratulating the boys, but this time I’ll start by bowing to the fans, the Romanians who came out for us. These are moments I think you experience just once in your lifetime. And we owe that to everyone here who made us feel at home and not just tonight, but for all the three matches. We thank those back home in Romania who, I’m sure, are now celebrating and are proud to call themselves Romanian. With regard to the boys, I am proud of them, I congratulate them from the bottom of my heart, I did the same after the game… I never stopped believing in them. Romania has talent, Romania has potential. Romania must have character and work hard. Romania has found its spirit, and we must hold on tight to that”.

     

     

    On Tuesday, the Romanian footballers will return to Munich to take on the Netherlands in the round of 16. Tickets for this game are still on sale, and fans are expected to come in large numbers on Allianz Arena to cheer for their team. Romania is not favorite to win the confrontation, but they are once again presented with the opportunity of achieving a historic performance that is sure to bring Romanians out in the streets again. (VP)

  • The Romanian Football Cup

    The Romanian Football Cup

    The 2019-2020
    edition of the Romanian Football Cup has reached the round of 16, with matches
    being played this week. Two teams have already secured qualification: FC
    Hermannstadt and FCSB.


    On Tuesday, FC
    Hermannstadt won away from home against the second-tier team FC Mioveni, 2-nil.
    The team from Sibiu won its first match with coach Eugen Neagoe at its helm.
    The goals were scored by Daniel Offenbacher on minute 65 and by Mattia Persano
    in stoppage time. These were the first goals for Hermannstadt scored by both
    footballers. FCSB on the other hand advanced to the quarterfinals of the
    Romanian Football Cup after winning against the second-tier team Universitatea
    Cluj 1-nil on Cluj Arena. Ioan Hora scored the goal for FCSB on minute 12 from
    free kick. FCSB goalie Andrei Vlad was declared man of the match, with multiple
    saves. Towards the end of the game, on minute 87, Florin Tanase missed a
    penalty kick for FCSB, his shot being saved by Universitatea goalkeeper Cosmin
    Dur-Bozoanca.


    Another three
    matches are scheduled on Wednesday: Academica Clinceni will play FC Botosani,
    Sanatatea Cluj will go up against Petrolul Ploiesti, while Foresta Suceava will
    play Dinamo Bucharest. The last three matches are scheduled for Thursday.
    Metalul Buzau will play Poli Iasi, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe will take on Astra
    Giurgiu, and FC Voluntari will play Universitatea Craiova.


    Let us further
    note that the first edition of Romania’s Football Cup was held in 1933, and the
    first club to win the Cup was Ripensia Timisoara, which defeated Universitatea
    Cluj in the 1933-1934 season final. The match was played on the ONEF stadium in
    Bucharest, renamed the Republica Stadium after 1948, and later demolished in
    order to make room for the current Parliament Palace in the capital city. The
    team that has won the most editions of the competition, namely 22, is Steaua
    Bucharest. The club has also lost another 8 finals. Two other teams from
    Bucharest, Dinamo and Rapid, have won the Cup 13 times each.


    (Translated by
    V. Palcu)