Sports Weekend 16.08.13

Moscow is hosting these days the 2013 World Athletics Championship. Romanian Marian Oprea managed to qualify in the triple jump final scheduled for Sunday. In Friday’s qualifications, he jumped 16.91 m, the 7-th best result in the competition. Another Romanian athlete, Bianca Perie, has qualified for the women’s hammer final on Friday night.

Ștefan Baciu, 16.08.2013, 13:54

Moscow is hosting these days the 2013 World Athletics Championship. Romanian Marian Oprea managed to qualify in the triple jump final scheduled for Sunday. In Friday’s qualifications, he jumped 16.91 m, the 7-th best result in the competition. Another Romanian athlete, Bianca Perie, has qualified for the women’s hammer final on Friday night.

Before moving on to the games scheduled this weekend in the 5th leg of the Romanian football championship, we should mention the 1-all draw at the National Arena in Bucharest on Wednesday night, in the match between Romania and Slovakia. The two scorers were Romania’s Stancu and Slovakia’s Sestak. It was a lackluster game in terms of the Romanian team’s performance, which is why, at the end of the game, many fans demanded that coach Victor Piturca leave. Worth mentioning is also that it was Victor Piturca’s 84th game as coach of the national football team, and Victor Piturca thus broke Anghel Iordanescu’s record of 83 games at the helm of the national squad. It was also the first game with Vlad Chiriches as team captain. The friendly with Slovakia was the last verification game ahead of the matches with Hungary and Turkey in September, in the playoffs for the 2014 World Championship.

As I said, this weekend games will be played in the 5th leg of the Romanian football championship. On Friday Otelul Galati plays against FC Brasov, Poli Timisoara against FC Botosani and Corona Brasov against Dinamo Bucharest. On Saturday, Pandurii Tg Jiu takes on Astra Giurgiu (both teams qualified in the Europa League), Petrolul Ploiesti will meet Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt and Steaua Bucharest will play against CFR Cluj. Only one game is scheduled for Sunday, the one pitching Viitorul Constanta against Gaz Metan Medias. The leg concludes on Monday with two matches, Universitatea Cluj against Concordia Chiajna and FC Vaslui against Sageata Navodari. Before this round, Poli Timisoara ranked first in the tables, with 10 points, followed by Astra Giurgiu with 9 points and FC Botosani and Petrolul Ploiesti with 8 points each.