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On Saturday in the semifinals, CSM lost to the French side, Metz 27 \u2013 32, and Metz won the finals against the Hungarians from Gyor on Sunday, final score 31 &#8211; 29. That has been the first success of the French side at their fifth presence in Final Four. For CSM it has been their third bronze after those won in 2017 and 2018. We recall they won the Champions League in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian eleven secured a 2 &#8211; 1 win against Wales in a friendly match in Bucharest on Saturday. Florinel Coman put the Romanians in the lead in the 52<sup>nd<\/sup> minute, and Adrian Rus added a second on minute 80. David Brooks scored for the visitors in the 64<sup>th<\/sup> minute. Also last week on Tuesday Romania drew their game against Georgia in Tbilisi, one-all. Louis Munteanu scored for Romania. Headcoach Gheorghe Hagi returned to the Romanian national eleven after an absence of 25 years and included several young players in the lineup. The match against Wales was the last before those scheduled in the Nations League this autumn. We recall that Romania will be up against Sweden in an away match on September 25<sup>th<\/sup>, and play Bosnia and Herzegovina at home three days later. They will go to Poland on October the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> and play Sweden at home on October 5<sup>th<\/sup>. Also this year on November 14<sup>th<\/sup> Romania will be up against Poland at home, and will go to Bosnia three days later.<\/p>\n<p>London is these days hosting a WTA 500 tournament ahead of the famous Wimbledon late this month. Romania\u2019s seventh-seeded representative on the main draw, Sorana Cirstea, will be playing Australian Madison Inglis on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>(bill)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Romanian women\u2019s handball side CSM Bucharest won the match for the third place in the Champions League. On Sunday in Budapest, Romania\u2019s vice-champions won bronze after a 32-26 win against the French side, Brest Bretagne. Slovenian player Elizabeth Omoregie was CSM\u2019s best scorer with eight goals scored in her last game for this team. 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