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, 07.02.2020, 13:45

Bucharests FCSB football club Thursday went up to the second place in the Romanian League One ranking. They beat FC Voluntari, away from home, 2-1, in a postponed match counting for the 18th leg of the championship. Darius Olaru from the defending vice-champion team scored first, 8 minutes into the game, for the first time since playing for the club. The hosts equalizer came in minute 32, with the winning goal coming only 10 minutes later from Florinel Coman. The hosts played the entire second half with only 10 players, after defender Igor Armas was sent out of the pitch one minute before the break for a foul.



Games counting for the 24th leg of the football championship are scheduled this weekend. On Saturday Gaz Metan Medias play at home against CFR Cluj. On Sunday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe take on Politehnica Iasi, FC Voluntari play at home against Dinamo Bucharest, and the legs derby pitches Universitatea Craiova against Viitorul Constanta, in the village of Ovidiu. Monday sees the last 2 matches of this leg: FC Botosani vs FC Hermannstadt, and FCSB vs Academica Clinceni.



Top ranking are CFR Cluj with 47 points, followed by FCSB with 42 points.



Games in the womens handball European championships are also scheduled this weekend. In the Champions League, main group 1, CSM Bucharest play away from home against the Norwegian team Vipers Kristiansand. In main group 2, SCM Ramnicu Valcea take on the defending European champions, the Hungarian team Gyor on home court. Both games take place on Saturday. The 2 Romanian teams in the EHF Cup are pitted against Hungarian sides. In Group B, Magura Cisnadie play against Siofok, while in Group C Gloria Bistrita-Nasaud is meeting ERD, on Sunday.



(translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)

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