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On Thursday
\nRomanian Mircea Lucescu was appointed head coach of Ukrainian football club
\nDinamo Kiev. He signed a two-year contract with the possibility of a one-year
\nextension. Lucescu had successful talks with the club president, Igor Surkis,
\nbut was very close to giving up, due to the fans’ protests. Surkis subsequently
\npersuaded Lucescu to start training the Ukrainian vice-champions, after writing
\nhistory years ago with their rivals, FC Shakhtar Donestk.<\/p>\n
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The General
\nAssembly of the Romanian Professional Football League on Thursday decided to
\ncall on the Romanian Football Federation an extension for the League 1
\nchampionship until August 18, to be able to account for the matches delayed in
\nthe wake of the coronavirus crisis, the League Secretary General Justin Stefan
\nsaid at the end of the meeting. The main goal of the Professional Football
\nLeague is to finalize the domestic championship on the pitch, with the option
\nof calling off matches in Group 2, in the event new infection cases are
\nreported. <\/p>\n
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Wednesday and
\nThursday saw matches counting towards the 12th round of the group
\nphase. On Wednesday, in Ploiesti, Chindia Targoviste won 3-1 against Academica
\nClinceni, while FC Hermannstadt won 2-nil against Viitorul Constanta at home. On
\nThursday, Politehnica Iasi won narrowly 2-1 the home turf match against FC
\nVoluntari. This weekend, in Group 1, FCSB is playing CFR Cluj in a match
\ncounting towards the 8th round. The match was originally scheduled
\nfor July 18, but was postponed after one of CFR’s players got infected with
\nCOVID-19. <\/p>\n
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In League 2, on
\nSaturday, CS Mioveni is playing Petrolul Ploiesti in Group 2. Rapid Bucharest
\nwill take on Turris Turnu Magurele, while FC Arges will play UTA Arad. UTA
\nranks first with 29 points, followed by CS Mioveni with 27, FC Arges with 26,
\nTurris with 25, Rapid with 24 and Petrolul with 22. The top two teams will be
\npromoted to League 1, while the team in third place will move to the playoffs. <\/p>\n
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(Translated by
\nV. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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