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The Romanian champions qualified for
\nthe round of 32 of the Europa League after a 2-0 home win against Scottish side
\nCeltic Glasgow. Andrei Burca put CFR in the lead on 48 minutes and Croatian
\nDamjan Djokovic added a second in the 70th minute of the game
\nallowing the Romanians to take revenge for the first match, which went to the
\nScots also 2-0. <\/p>\n
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With 12 points out of the 6 games
\nplayed in group E, CFR managed to set a record for a Romanian eleven in the
\ngroups of a European cup. Celtic tops the group’s ranking with 13 points,
\nItalian side Lazio comes third with six and French team Rennes is the last in
\nthe group with 4 points. <\/p>\n
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CFR Cluj has thus obtained the only
\nsignificant performance of the Romanian football in 2019. We recall that
\nRomania’s national football side failed to qualify for Euro 2020, being only
\nahead of the representatives of Malta and the Faeroe Islands. This is CFR’s
\nsecond qualification for a European cup after the one in 2012 when they came
\nthird in their Champions League group. <\/p>\n
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Back then the Romanians managed a
\n1-0 win against English side Manchester United on Old Trafford. However, in the
\nEuropa League’s round of 32, CFR lost to Internazionale Milan 2-0 away and 3-0
\nat home. Experts believe that the latest CFR performance was possible thanks to
\na valuable and homogeneous line-up and the expertise of headcoach Dan Petrescu,
\none of the best Romanian technicians in Romania’s first football league. This
\ncombination functioned perfectly in Europe, but wasn’t enough to ensure their
\nfirst position in the Romanian championship, which is now occupied by Astra
\nGiurgiu with two points more. <\/p>\n
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Since the beginning of this season
\nthe champions of last year have conceded defeat in four matches so their task
\nin the first Romanian football league will not be an easy one. Things are going
\nto be even more difficult in Europa League where the Romanians stand chances to
\nbe pitted against top teams like Internazionale Milan or Ajax Amsterdam. <\/p>\n
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