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The Romanians secured a 2-0 away win
\nagainst Floriana in Malta and have thus qualified for the competition’s second
\npreliminary round<\/p>\n
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The Romanian champions proved cautious
\nin their game against the Maltese side though the hosts shouldn’t have been
\nconsidered a threat. Before the game the Romanian coach Dan Petrescu had
\nmentioned some of the problems he feared, such as the artificial pitch and the
\npreponderantly South-American lineup of the hosts. <\/p>\n
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Both sides put up a lackluster play in
\nthe first half of the game as they decided to take no risk. The visitors
\nmounted some bold attacks in the second half of the game and French Mike Cestor
\nput them in the lead on 54 minutes with a header. Catalin Golofca sealed the
\npoints for the visitors also with a header 7 minutes into the extra time. <\/p>\n
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CFR will be playing Croatian champions
\nDinamo Zagreb in a home match next week in the second round of the Champions
\nLeague preliminaries. Dinamo started the new football season with a clear 6-0
\nwin against Lokomotiv Zagreb, the country’s second representative in the
\nChampions League qualifiers. CFR Cluj will be taking on Academica Clincheni on
\nSunday. <\/p>\n
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Coach Petrescu is trying to build a
\nstrong lineup for the match against the Croatians as many of his players are
\nstill recovering from injuries. Petrescu has told a TV channel that one of
\nCFR’s most valuable players, French striker Billel Omrani will not be able to
\nplay against Dinamo Zagreb. <\/p>\n
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