Romania - Liga 1 - Poli Timisoara vs Pandurii Tg-Jiu

Game to be played at 17:30 CET

FC Timisoara

Coach Dusan Uhrin declared that the injuries and suspensions give big head aches in this period, having in fact to change from round to round the whole team: "Zicu is injured, we don't know yet how badly he is. I am angry with the fact that from game to game i have to change four to five players. The players that come after injuries cannot play at 100%. Ricketts will in the team for this game, but we will see if he can play all game."

Manager Daniel Stanciu is saying that Timisoara is passing a though period having lots of missings in front of this game. "Five players injured: Mansour, Curtean, Sepsi, Matei and Zicu, Alexa and Nikolic suspended. Zagrean had also problems but i think he will make it in the team".

Injuries gave head aches to the tactics of Dusan Uhrin in the last three games. Two important come backs are certain: Cisovsky and Goga. The first one was suspended for the game with Sportul.

Probable team: Pantelimon - Helder, Cisovsky, Ghionea, Ignjatijevic - Goga, Bourceanu, Burca, Tames - Magera, Zagrean; Coach: Dusan Uhrin Jr.; Injured: Mansour, Zicu, Curtean; Uncertain: Sepsi; Suspended: Alexa, Nikolic; Backups: Taborda, Scutaru, Luchin, Rocha, Popovici, Rickets, Krejci, Alex Popovici

LAST GAME (Sportul Studentesc Bucure?ti - FC Timisoara 2-3)
Scored: 1-0 Viorel Ferfelea (4), 1-1 Andrei Zagrean (30), 1-2 Andrei Zagrean (45+1), 2-2 Tiberiu Balan  (78), 2-3 Dorin Goga (90+3)
Sportul: 33. Viciu - 2. Beta (18. Chihaia '64), 24. Patriche, 5. D. Lung, 23. Maxim - 30. Irimia, 13. Ghinga - 28. Balan, 10. Ferfelea (19. Cruceru '90+1), 22. Postolache (31. Chetan '46) - 9. Curelea. Coach: Gheorghe Multescu.
Timisoara: 29. Pantilimon - 20. Helder, 4. Luchin, 24. Ghionea, 6. Ignjatijevici - 25. Burca, 55. Bourceanu (21. Goga '87) - 10. Tames (13. Scutaru '65), 17. Magera, 27. Zicu - 15. Zagrean (19. Nikolici '71). Coach: Dusan Uhrin Jr.
Yellow cards: Ghinga '9, '88, Beta '24, Balan '79, Lung '85 - Ghionea '39, Helder '67, Bourceanu '72, Nikolici '83
Red cards: Ghinga '88.

Timisoara won with lot of chance with Sportul, 3-2, and continues to fight for the title. After 0-0 with Steaua and 2-2 with Astra, Uhrin's team made another weak game, winning with a goal scored in the 93rd minute against the last in the table. Important after all is that they won the 3 points, but the czech coach needs to find fast solutions to bring the team back on track.

Pandurii Targu-Jiu

Griogras's players finished the thoughest week this season with 3 wins. More over the players got a big bonus for these three won games in a row. "It will be a big bonus for the players, they deserve it!" said president Eugen Parvulescu.

Pandurii aren't yet without worries, they will be when they have 37  points.

They could lose another player in the game with Timisoara. Grigoras told the press that Chiriches injured himself and he is uncertain for this game. Out will be also Voiculet that is not yet fit to play a full game.

Probable team: Mingote - Pleasca, O.Viera, Pintilii, Cardoso - Bacila, Nistor, Vranjes, Brata - Stromajer, Lemnaru; Coach: Petre Grigoras; Injured: G.Matei, Voiculet; Uncertain: Chiriches; Suspended: -; Backups: Lazar, Apostu, Popete, Avramescu, Voinea, Rada, Grecu

LAST GAME(Pandurii Târgu-Jiu - Victoria Br?ne?ti 4-2)
Scored: 1-0 Stojan Vranjes (10p), 2-0 Dan Nistor (58), 3-0 Jaka Stromajer (64), 4-0 Cosmin Bacila (81), 4-1 Bogdan Oprea (90), 4-2 Vasile Olariu (90+2)
Pandurii: 80. Mingote - 25. Pleasca (7. Bacila '76), 3. Viera, 21. Chiriches, 6. Cardoso - 16. Nistor, 21. Vranjes, 5. Pintilii (19. Avramescu '77), 17. Brata (8. Popete '46) - 27. Lemnaru, 18. Stromajer. Antrenor: Petre Grigora?.
Brane?ti: 22. Savu - 2. Maghici, 5. Bar, 24. Marincau, 3. Lorincz - 16. Nicola (19. Zuluf '57), 25, Novac, 17. Olariu, 20. Ispir (18. D. Stan '71), 8. Popa (4. Calintaru '72) - 10. Oprea. Coach: Ilie Stan.
Yellow cards: Pleasca '60, Cardoso '83 - Maghici '9.

Pandurii was reborn after these 3 rounds and managed to take all available points. They won 4-2 with Branesti, being 4-0 in the 89th minute. They are almost certain to be in Liga 1 from next season. They have bad history with Timisoara, losing all the games and will try tomorrow to profit from the good form and obtain at least a point.

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