Football Flash
Steliu Lambru, 05.04.2018, 12:58
Italys AS Rome, currently the club of Romanian defender Stefan Radu, on Wednesday lost 4-1 to FC Barcelona, on home turf. The match counted towards the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. Radu was unavailable due to an injury. Barcelona had luck on its side throughout the game, as the first two goals were actually own goals, scored by Daniele de Rossi and Kostas Manolas. Scoring for Barcelona were Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez, while Romes only goal was scored by Edin Dzeko.
Three candidates have enrolled in the race for the presidency of the Romanian Football Federation: the current president Razvan Burleanu, the former football legend and director of UEFAs Technical Committee Ionut Lupescu, as well as Marcel Puscas, a former footballer, coach, club president and agent. On April 18, 2018 the Federations General Assembly is due to vote the next president, who will stay in office for the next 4 years. 257 affiliated members will cast their vote in the election.
Gheorghe Multescu was appointed coach at Astra Giurgiu. This will be Multescus third spell at the helm of Astra, after previously coaching the team in the 2001-2002 and 2012-2013 seasons. Dan Petrescu, currently the head coach of CFR Cluj, the team in runner-up position in League 1, has extended his contract with the team for another two seasons. CFR signed Dan Petrescu in June, 2017.
The fourth round in the group phase of the 2017-2018 football season will be played this weekend. In Group 1, on Friday, CSMS Iasi will play Viitorul Constanta. CFR Cluj will take on Astra Giurgiu, while FCSB will play Universitatea Craiova in the rounds highlight match. FCSB tops the league tables with 35 points, followed by CFR Cluj with the same number of points but a lower goal average, and Universitatea Craiova with 31 points. In Group 2, on Saturday, FC Botosani will play FC Voluntari while Dinamo Bucharest will play the visiting side Concordia Chiajna. On Monday, Gaz Metan Medias will face Poli Timisoara at home, while Juventus Bucharest will play Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe.
