Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Liga 1 week 10 recap

Week ten of the Romania's Liga 1 concluded with a series of very tight matches. With the international break it is becoming very clear that this is four club race between Dinamo Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti, Unirea Voluntari Urziceni and possibly the hottest club in the league, Timişoara flying up the table.

Farul Constanţa - 0
Dinamo Bucureşti - 1

Andrei Cristea gave Câinii Roşii the victory three minutes after the break and never relinquished.

CS Otopeni - 1
Steaua Bucureşti - 1

A stunning finale to a tight match with Otopeni's Valentin Negru scoring with three minutes remaining. Looking like they were going down to defeat, the Roş-Albaştrii leveled the match three minutes into added time with Pantelis Kapetanos strike.

Universitatea Craiova - 1
Argeş Piteşti - 1

Iulian Tameş opened the scoring for Argeş nine minutes before the break on a penalty strike. With twenty three minutes left to play Mihai Costea leveled a very fiery match that saw three red-cards handed out. Universitatea Craiova finished down two men with Mircea Bornescu and Michael Baird and Daniel Bălaşa of Argeş excused at the eighty-third and eighty fourth minute respectively.

CFR Cluj - 1
F.C. Oţelul Galaţi - 1

Gabriel Mureşan opened the scoring for defending champions Cluj but only two minutes later it was leveled Cristian Panin's own goal.

Rapid Bucureşti - 0
Pandurii Târgu Jiu - 2

Pierre Boya was red-carded for the Vulturii Visinii less than a half hour into the match and they were forced to play a man down. Alexandru Păcurar scored the first of his brace seventeen minutes after the break and followed with his second in added time as Rapid Bucureşti pushed forward.

Gaz Metan Mediaş - 2
Gloria Buzau - 0

Mediaş took control of the match early with Ciprian Prodan scoring only four minutes after the match. Alexandru Curtean doubled the lead with fourteen minutes before the break and never let Glorioşii into the match.

Timişoara - 1
Gloria Bistriţa - 0

Timişoara's climb up the table to overtake their point deduction continued with a efficient victory over the Vampirii Albaştri.

In other Liga 1 action:

Politehnica Iaşi - 1
Unirea Voluntari Urziceni - 0


FC Vaslui - 0
FC Braşov - 0


Romania Liga 1 week 10
PWDLGSGAPts
FC Dinamo Bucureşti 10
8
1118825
FC Steaua Bucureşti 10
6
3
119
7
21
FC Unirea Voluntari Urziceni 10
7
0
3211921
FC Timişoara 10
8
1120
1019
CFR Cluj 10
44
215716
FC Braşov 10
44
28416
FC Vaslui 10
514101016
F.C. Oţelul Galaţi 10
43
3131015
FC Argeş Piteşti 10
43
3141315
FC Universitatea Craiova 10
43
3111115
FC Rapid Bucureşti
10
415111113
CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 10
32
511611
CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 10
3
2
5111711
F. C. Farul Constanţa 93
1
58
1510
C.F. Gloria 1922 Bistriţa 10
21710157
FC Politehnica Iaşi 92
1
65157
CS Otopeni 10
12710215
Gloria Buzau 10
01
94191