Sports Roundup

Florin Orban, 11.05.2020, 12:17

Universitatea
Craiova has signed Italian coach Cristiano Bergodi for a one-year contract.
Bergodi will replace Corneliu Papura, who resigned two weeks ago. Bergodi
previously coached FC Voluntari over November 2018 – December 2019. In Romania
Bergodi has also coached FC National, CFR Cluj, Rapid Bucharest, Politehnica
Iasi, Steaua Bucharest and ASA Targu Mures. His record sheet includes a Super
Cup won in 2007 with Rapid. In Italy he coached the clubs Imolese, Sassuolo,
Modena, Pescara and Brescia.

Romanian
football clubs will be able to make 5 substitutions in domestic competitions
starting this season. The measure is aimed at protecting footballers affected
by the lack of fitness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Romanian Football
Federation has announced. The modification has been accepted by the
International Football Association Board, the decision-making body in this
matter. Thus a team will be able to operate 5 substitutions in a game, but only
3 times during a match. The modification takes effect right away and has
factored in the impact the compressed competition schedule might have on
players and the other potential weather phenomena.

Around 200
athletes from Romania’s Olympic delegations will resume training after May 15
in the training facilities at Snagov and Izvorani, north of Bucharest. The
Romanian wrestling and swimming federations will train at Izvorani, while the
rowing delegation will train at Snagov. A total of seven crews will represent
Romania in Tokyo: the men’s quad-scull, the women’s lightweight pair, the
women’s quad-scull, the men’s pair, the women’s pair, the women’s double-scull
and the men’s double scull. Also worth saying is that Romanian athletes have
stopped training in mid-March, when the Ministry of Youth and Sports ordered
the immediate vacation of sports facilities against the backdrop of the
coronavirus pandemic.

(Translated by
V. Palcu)