{"id":872189,"date":"2025-03-14T13:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=872189"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:31:00","slug":"sports-weekend-470","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-weekend-470-id872189.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian football team FCSB has been eliminated from the Europa league. On Thursday, holders FCSB sustained an away nil-4 defeat by French challengers Olympique Lyonnais, in the second leg of the competition\u2019s round of 16. We recall a week ago in Bucharest, Olympique Lyonnais had also secured a win, 3-1. <\/p>\n<p>This coming weekend will see matches being played, counting towards the kick-start of the Romanian football Superleague\u2019s Group1\/Group2 phase. In Group 1 on Friday, Universitatea Craiova are pitted against Universitatea Cluj. On Saturday in Cluj, CFR faces Dinamo Bucharest. On Sunday, on the national Arena in Bucharest, FCSB faces Rapid Bucharest, in the round\u2019s derby.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday in Group 2, Petrolul Ploie\u015fti plays FC Boto\u015fani. On Saturday, Farul Constan\u0163a play a home a game against Politehnica iasi. On Sunday, FC Hermannstadt Sibiu faces cu Unirea Slobozia, at home, while in Arad, the local team UTA takes on O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i. The last fixture of the round is scheduled on Monday, when Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe faces Gloria Buz\u0103u.<\/p>\n<p>Games counting towards the playoffs of Erste Liga ice hockey regional competition are underway in Budapest and Miercurea Ciuc. In Budapest, Corona Bra\u015fov grabbed a 5-2 win against Ferencv\u00e1ros. In Miskolc, ACSH Gheorgheni succeeded a 1-nil win against local team Jegesmedvek. In Miercurea Ciuc, Sport Club secured a 2-nil win against Debrecen. The following matches are scheduled on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This coming Sunday, away from home, Romanian national rugby squad engages in the 3rd-place final against Portugal in the Rugby Europe Championship. The match will be hosted by the Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor nearby Lisbon and will kickoff and 15:00 hrs local time, 17:00 hrs in Bucharest. <\/p>\n<p>We recall Romania and Portugal have faced one another before in the ongoing season, in Romania\u2019s Botosani, when Portugal thrashed our national squad, 34-6. In the competition\u2019s final, Georgia takes on Spain, at home. We recall in the semifinals Romania was trounced by Georgia, 43-5, in Tbilisi, while Portugal lost to Spain, 31-42. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian football team FCSB has been eliminated from the Europa league. On Thursday, holders FCSB sustained an away nil-4 defeat by French challengers Olympique Lyonnais, in the second leg of the competition\u2019s round of 16. 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