Matches played this weekend in Romania
The Swedish and Dutch teams scored victories on Thursday, in group D of the 2021 European Women's Volleyball Championship hosted by the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca. Sweden defeated Finland 3-2, in a match that lasted more than 2 hours. Then, the Netherlands defeated Ukraine 3-nil. On Wednesday, in the first match of the group, Romania had been defeated by Turkey 3-1.
Two matches are scheduled for Friday: Finland vs. the Netherlands, and Turkey vs. Ukraine. The Romanian volley players will play again on Saturday, against Sweden. The match between Finland and Ukraine will also be played on Saturday. Romania's goal is to get to one of the first four places in the group and to qualify for the round of 16.
Two matches counting for the sixth leg of the Romanian Football Championship are played this weekend. On Friday, two matches: Chindia Targoviste vs. Academica of Clinceni, and Farul Constanta vs. Dinamo Bucharest. On Saturday, Universitatea Craiova will take on Gaz Metan Medias, on home turf, and FC Arges will be playing in Pitesti against CFR Cluj.
On Sunday, in Arad, the hosts UTA will play against FC Voluntari, and FC Botosani takes on Rapid Bucharest, on home turf, in a derby that brings together the teams ranking 2nd and 3rd in the current classification. The teams have 13 points each, but the Bucharest squad is advantaged by its goal average and the fact that it has not received any goal yet in the current championship.
The sixth leg is due to end on Monday. SC Mioveni will be playing on home turf against FCU Craiova, and FCSB will take on Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, at the National Arena in Bucharest. It will be the first game in which the vice-champion will be guided by its new coach, Edward Iordanescu. The team from Cluj continues to be top of the ranking with 15 points out of a maximum of 15. (MI)
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