This week has
\nseen the games counting towards the round of 32 finals of Romania’s Football
\nCup. Four games took place on Tuesday: second-leaguer FC Arges secured a 2-1
\nhome win against Poli Iasi from the first Romanian football league. In Ploiesti,
\ncentral Romania, CS Mioveni, also from the second league, obtained a 4-3 win
\nafter extra time and penalty shootouts against local side Petrolul, currently
\nplaying in Romania’s third football league. Universitatea Cluj, also a
\nthird-leaguer, clinched a 2-1 home win against Stiinta Miroslava, from the
\nsecond league. And in the last game pitching two first leaguers in Brasov,
\ncentral Romania, Universitatea Craiova defeated Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 2-0. <\/p>\n
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Wednesday saw 10 games. Trophy holder FC Voluntari was eliminated by
\nthe second league leader AFC Hermannstadt 1-0 in the injury-time. In a game
\nopposing two second-leaguers, CS Afumati thrashed UTA Arad 5-2, while in
\nSlobozia, third-leaguer Unirea secured a 4-0 win against ASA Targu Mures, from
\nthe second football league. Clinceni, a town close to Bucharest, hosted a game
\nbetween two second leaguers, in which local side Academica conceded a 1-0
\ndefeat to Chindia Targoviste. Gaz Metan Medias, from the first football league,
\nobtained a 2-1 win against Metaloglobus, from the second football league, while
\nfirst-leaguer Juventus Bucharest outperformed Dacia Unirea of Braila 2-1. <\/p>\n
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Romania’s champions Viitorul Constanta scored four times in Resita, central
\nRomania against the local Municipal School Sports Club, which fired home only
\ntwice. Two sides from Romania’s first football league met in Chiajna, close to
\nBucharest: local side Concordia and Astra, with the latter eventually claiming
\nthe match, 3-0. Two local sides clashed in Timisoara, western Romania: Politehnica,
\nfrom the second league, took on first-leaguer Poli in a match won by the latter
\n1-0. In the day’s last game in Cluj, also in western Romania, local squad
\nSanatatea was up against FCSB in a match that ended 6-1 to the latter. <\/p>\n
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The leg’s two matches are
\ndue on Thursday, with FC Botosani taking on CFR Cluj and Aerostar Bacau, from
\nthe second league, playing against Dinamo Bucharest. (translated by Daniel Bilt)<\/p>\n
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