Sports Weekend
A look at the weekend's major sporting events
Florin Orban, 26.01.2024, 13:45
The goalkeeper of Romanias national football side, Horaţiu Moldovan, on Thursday became a substitute player for his new side, Atletico Madrid, in the quarterfinals match against FC Seville, in the Football Cup of Spain. Atletico won the game 1-0. We recall that Moldovan was transferred from Romanian side, Rapid Bucharest, after the Spanish club had paid the 800 thousand Euros for the termination of his contract. Moldovans transfer comes after that of the center back, Radu Dragusin, who left the Italian side Genoa to join Tottenham Hotspur.
According to the local press, Dragusins transfer stood at 25 million sterling. The headcoach of Farul Constanta, Romanian football legend, Gheorghe Hagi, was quoted by Agerpres news agency as saying that major football clubs in Europe have been monitoring Romanian footballers since our national sides qualification for the European Championship this year. According to Hagi, the foreign clubs interests in the Romanian footballers will begin to grow.
This weekend will be seeing the football matches counting towards the 23rd leg of the Romanian Superleague. On Friday, Farul Constanta takes on FCU Craiova while on Saturday, in Arad, western Romania, local side UTA will be playing Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. In Galati, eastern Romania, local side Otelul will be playing Petrolul Ploiesti, in keeping with the 60-year old tradition of matches pitching various teams of workers in Romania. Saturdays last match is the famous derby between Dinamo and Rapid on the National Arena in Bucharest.
The difference between the two sides is huge. Rapid is currently ranking third whereas Dinamo is at the bottom of the table, ranking 15th. Three matches are due on Sunday: Hermannstadt on its own ground takes on FC Botosani, while Universitatea Cluj plays Poli Iasi. The day ends with another very interesting game: Universitatea Craiova versus FCSB. Monday will see only one game, the one pitching CFR Cluj against FC Voluntari. FCSB tops the ranking with 47 points, followed by CFR with 36.
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