Attention-grabbing this coming weekend is the football match pitting Romania against Cyprus. The game will be played in Larnaca and counts towards the third round of the Nations league\u2019 third tier, Group C2. Media in Bucharest has mentioned that roughly 4,000 Romanian supporters are expected to go the stadium, given that the arena playing host to the game has a seating capacity of 8,000 seats. <\/p>\n
The Romania national squad is fresh from two winning confrontations in the Nations League\u2019s first two rounds in September. We recall Romania won the game against Kosovo, 3-nil away, also winning the match against Lithuania at home, 3-1. In the first round, Cyprus defeated Lithuania away from home, 1-nil, then sustained a nil-4 home defeat by Kosovo. The history of the direct confrontations between Cyprus and Romania includes 9 wins for Romania, 3 draws and a win for Cyprus. Head-coach Mircea Lucescu\u2019s trainees\u2019 set target is to obtain six points in two games<\/p>\n
Matches counting towards the Champions League in women\u2019s handball are scheduled at the weekend. In Group A on Saturday, Gloria Bistri\u0163a-N\u0103s\u0103ud play a home game against Croatia\u2019s Podravka Koprivnica. According to the as-it-stands table, Gloria are 5th-placed, with two points. With zero points on their record sheet, Podravka and Denmark\u2019s Nyk\u00f8bing Falster are at the bottom of the table. CSM Bucharest play an away game in Ljubljana, against Krim. Holders CSM are 4th-placed with three wins and one defeat so far. Krim are 2nd-placed, after four consecutive wins. <\/p>\n
In Group B, Rapid Bucharest on Sunday play an away game against Danish team Odense. Rapid have won their first match in the group, against Buducnost Podgorica, at home, and drew against Vipers Kristiansand, away. Then Rapid went no less than eight goals down in the home game against Ludwigsburg, then away from home, Denmark\u2019s Team Esbjerg were seven goals clear in the match against Rapid Bucharest. <\/p>\n
Notwithstanding, Rapid are highly likely to get back into shape: we recall that in the domestic championship this past Wednesday, Romania\u2019s vice-champions trounced SCM Universitatea Craiova, 26 to 17. Also on Sunday, in Europe\u2019s second tier league the EHF European League, in a match counting towards the second preliminary round, Sport Club Municipal R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea play the second leg against Slovak team Dunajsk\u00e1 Streda. In the first leg, the Romanian team, won, 28-26. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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