Sports weekend

Florin Orban, 29.11.2019, 15:02

Romanian football
team CFR Cluj on Thursday sustained a nil-1 away defeat by Italy’s Lazio, counting
towards Europa League’s group E. Lazio’s Argentinean footballer Joaguin Correa
sank CFR on 24 minutes. In Group E’s other fixture, Celtic Glasgow outclassed
French side Rennes, 3-1. One round ahead of the end of the group stage, Celtic have already secured their qualification,
with 13 points. CFR are second-placed, with 9 points, while Lazio are 3rd-placed,
with 6. Rennes are at the bottom of the table, with only one point. Everything
will be settled in the last round, when CFR play a home game against Celtic,
while Lazio take on Rennes, away from home. Holders CFR need one point to
advance to the European spring. A win will secure Lazio’s qualification, while
a defeat for CFR will also pave the Italian team’s way to the European spring.

This coming weekend
will see matches being played, counting towards League One’s 18th round. On
Friday, Astra Giurgiu take on Gaz Metan Medias and Dinamo Bucharest play
Politehnica Iasi. On Saturday, Sepsi Sfintu Gheorghe play a home match against
Universitatea Craiova, while FC Voluntari face FCSB, also on home turf. In
Ploiesti, in the south, Chindia Targoviste are pitted against Academica
Clinceni on Sunday, and FC Hermannstadt go against CFR Cluj, also on Sunday.
Round 18th’s last match is scheduled on Monday, when FC Botosani
play Viitorul Constanta. CFR Cluj are at the top of the table with 34 points,
followed by Viitorul Constanta, with 32.

A new edition of the
World Women’s handball Championship kick-starts in Japan this coming Saturday.
Romania has been included in Group C, alongside Hungary, Montenegro, Spain,
Senegal and Kazakhstan. Romania’s debut game is the one against Spain,
scheduled on November 30 in Kumamoto. Romania’s record includes three world
titles, in 1956, 1960 and 1962. There are also two silver medals on the record,
in the Championship’s 1973 and 2005 editions. Romanian national team’s most
recent feat in a world championship is the bronze medal won in 2015, when at the
helm of the team was Swedish head-coach Tomas Ryde, who is also the national
squad’s head-coach at the moment. We recall Romania came in 10th at the 2017 edition of the World Championship.