Sports weekend

The latest from women's handball and football

Florin Orban, 11.12.2020, 13:45

Romanian national women’s handball team has wasted any
opportunity they had to make headway into the semifinals of the European
Championship, underway in Denmark. In Krolung on Thursday, in a match counting
towards main Group II, Romania sustained a 20-25 defeat by Croatia. Romania has
zero points on their record sheet; our national team’s next scheduled fixture
is the match against Hungary, on December 14.

In news from football, CFR Cluj came in 3rd
in Europa League’s Group A and failed to qualify for the competition’s round of
32. On Thursday, CFR sustained a 1-2 away defeat in the decisive match against
Swiss opponents Young Boys Berne. CFR’s Croat footballer Gabriel Debeljuh drew
first blood on 84 minutes. Then on 90 minutes, French referee Benoit Bastien
granted the Swiss a penalty kick because of an otherwise fair-play clash
between CFR’s goalie and Swiss defender Cédric Zesiger. Young Boys Berne’s Cameroonian footballer Jean-Pierre Nsame turned
the kick into a goal and levelled the score. The fate of the match was sealed
in the 6th minute of added time, when the German Gianluca Gaudino scored his team’s second
goal.

The coming weekend will see matches being played,
counting towards the 13th round of League One championship. On
Friday, FC Botosani are pitted against Astra Giurgiu, while Dinamo Bucharest
face Politehnica Iasi. On Saturday, Academica Clinceni play a home fixture
against FC Arges. In Medias, the local team Gaz Metan face Sepsi Sfantu
Gheorghe. The southern Romanian town of Giurgiu, Chindia Targoviste go against
Viitorul Constanta. On Sunday, FC Hermannstadt face FC Voluntari, while CFR
Cluj are pitted against FCSB. On Monday in the last match of round 13, UTA Arad
play Universitatea Craiova. FCSB are at the top of the table, with 30 points,
followed by Universitatea Craiova, with 28 points and CFR Cluj, with 24.

(Translation by Eugen Nasta)

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