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The Romanian football player Alexandru B\u0103lu\u0163\u0103 will play for the American team Los Angeles Football Club this autumn. He signed a contract with the Californian group for the rest of the Major League Soccer season, which ends in December, with an option to extend it for another year. The Romanian will be a teammate of famous footballers such as the French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and the South Korean Heung-min Son, both of them former Tottenham Hotspur players. \u201cAlex comes with extensive experience from top European matches and international competitions,\u201d the general manager of Los Angeles Football Club John Thorrington said, according to Agerpres. Alexandru B\u0103lu\u0163\u0103 (32), stood out as a player for Universitatea Craiova between 2014 and 2018. For the past 2 years he played for FCSB, and reached the Europa League\u2019s round of 16 this spring.<\/p>\n
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The Romanian coach Mircea Rednic and the Belgian football club Standard Li\u00e8ge Wednesday morning terminated their contract \u201cstarting immediately,\u201d the club announced in a statement posted on its official website. Standard’s new coach will be the Belgian Vincent Euvrard (43), who signed a two-year deal with the club. Mircea Rednic (63) had been appointed on June 16, but lasted only 5 official matches with Standard, with 2 wins, a draw and 2 losses. After 2-0 with La Louvi\u00e8re, 1-all with Dender and 2-1 with Genk, two 3-0 defeats followed, away from home to Union Saint Gilloise and on home turf to Cercle Bruges. Rednic played for Standard Li\u00e8ge between 1991 and 1996 and coached the team in 2012 and 2013.<\/p>\n
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In the Romanian Football Cup, matches were held in the play-off stage, the last before the group matches. Super League\u2019s Unirea Slobozia lost in penalty shoot-outs to CS S\u0103n\u0103tatea Servicii Publice Cluj, a team from the third league. Sporting Lie\u015fti also qualified into the group stage from the third tier, having defeated the second-league team CS Afuma\u0163i 2-1. (AMP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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