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Romanian Cup in football’s last tree
\nfixtures counting towards the Cup’s round of 16 were played on Thursday. In
\nBuzau, Politehnica Iasi grabbed a 3-nil win against Third-League team, the
\nlocal side Metalul. Mihai Teja’s trainees secured their win thanks to the goals
\nscored by Doru Popadiuc, Ovidiu Hor\u015fia and Iuliu Ha\u0163iegan. In Sfantu Gheorghe,
\nthe local side Sepsi defeated Astra Giurgiu, 4-2. Scoring for the host team
\nwere Istv\u00e1n F\u00fcl\u00f6p, Swiss Goran Karanovi\u0107, who scored twice, and Congolese Hugo
\nKonongo. Scoring for Astra were Ciprian Biceanu and the French Julien B\u00e8gue. In
\nthe last fixture counting towards the Cup’s round of 16, Universitatea Craiova
\ngrabbed a 4-1 win against FC Voluntari. Craiova’s scorers were Valentin
\nMihaila, with two goals, Alexandru Ionita, and Alexandru Cic\u00e2ld\u0103u, who turned a
\npenalty kick into a goal. FC Voluntari’s
\nSwiss footballer Ivan Marti\u0107 scored the only goal for his team.<\/p>\n
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FC Hermannstadt, FCSB, Academica
\nClinceni, Petrolul Ploie\u015fti and Dinamo Bucharest are the other five teams that will go through
\nto the Cup’s quarterfinals. Save for Petrolul Ploesti, a Second League team, the
\nother four squads fighting for a place in the semifinals are League One teams.<\/p>\n
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Also in news from domestic football, from Friday and all through to Monday games are played, counting
\ntowards League One’s 15th round. On Friday, Viitorul Constanta is
\npitted against Chindia Targoviste. On Saturday, Gaz Metan Medias plays a home
\nmatch against FC Hermannstadt, while in Cluj, CFR faces Academica Clinceni. On
\nSunday, FC Voluntari play a home game against FC Botosani, while FCSB takes on
\nSepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, on the National Arena in Bucharest.<\/p>\n
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Round 15’s last two fixtures on
\nMonday will see Astra Giurgiu facing Politehnica Iasi and Universitatea Craiova
\ntaking on Dinamo Bucharest. CFR Cluj is at the top of the table, with 27
\npoints, followed by Viitorul Constanta, with 25 points.<\/p>\n
(Translated by Eugen Nasta)<\/p>\n
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