Romania - Liga 1 - Pandurii Tg Jiu vs Astra Ploiesti
Game to be played Saturday @ 15:00 CET
Pandurii Targu-Jiu
Two players that were injured came back into training with the team. Gabi Matei and Claudiu Voiculet joined yesterday the team and trained normaly.
Coach Petre Grigoras declared that he still has hopes that the game from 19th round lost by a decision of the federation with 3-0 against Otelul because of their debt to Dinamo will still take place.
"We are good team, we can say that in this moment. We managed to obtain the points we needed for a breath of fresh air"said owner Eugen Parvulescu. "The team play gives me hope in front of the though games we still have in the championship. Nonetheless we still need to be concentrated and play well"
Probable team: Mingote - Pleasca, O. Viera, Pintilii, Grecu - Cardoso, Baclila, Vranjes, Nistor - Stromajer, Lemnaru; Coach: Petre Grigoras; Injured: Chiriches, Hidisan; Suspended: -; Backups: Lazar, Apostu, Popete, Avramescu, Matei, Voiculet, Brata
LAST GAME (FC Timisoara - Pandurii Targu-Jiu 2-2)Scored: 1-0 Lukas Magera (26), 1-1 Jaka Stromajer (38), 1-2 Valentin Lemnaru (47), 2-2 Ianis Zicu (90)
Timisoara: 29. Pantilimon - 20. Helder, 24. Ghionea, 4. Luchin, 13. Scutaru (6. Ignjatijevici '30, 87. Ricketts '77) - 21. Goga, 25. Burca (30. Rocha '59), 55. Bourceanu, 27. Zicu - 17. Magera, 15. Zagrean. Coach: Dusan Uhrin Jr.
Pandurii Targu-Jiu: 80. Mingote - 25. Pleasca, 3. Viera, 5. Pintilii, 29. Grecu - 27. Lemnaru, 20. Vranjes, 16. Nistor (19. Avramescu '90+3), 7. Bacila (8. Popete '73), 6. Cardoso (23. Rada '53) - 18. Stromajer. Coach: Petre Grigora?.
Yellow cards: Burca '51, Zagrean '52, Bourceanu '71, Goga '72, Magera '83 - Stromajer '87.
Pandurii confirms the good form they have lately, managing for the first time in history to bring points from Timisoara. They led the game until the 90th minute, being close to a win. They were unlucky to have not won the game.
| 1 | FC Timi?oara | 52 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 48 | 29 | 19 |
| 2 | O?elul Gala?i | 52 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | FC Vaslui | 48 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 15 |
| 4 | Dinamo Bucure?ti | 43 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 40 | 13 |
| 5 | Steaua Bucure?ti | 43 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 13 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucure?ti | 42 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 17 | 17 |
| 7 | Gaz metan Media? | 40 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 7 |
| 8 | Astra Ploie?ti | 37 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 4 |
| 9 | CFR 1907 Cluj | 34 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 5 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 32 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 47 | -12 |
| 11 | Gloria Bistri?a | 31 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 36 | -7 |
| 12 | FCM Târgu-Mure? | 31 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 36 | -11 |
| 13 | FC Bra?ov | 30 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 28 | -4 |
| 14 | Pandurii Târgu-Jiu | 30 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 37 | -8 |
| 15 | Universitatea Craiova | 26 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 34 | -7 |
| 16 | Victoria Br?ne?ti | 22 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 44 | -15 |
| 17 | Unirea Urziceni | 19 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 42 | -26 |
| 18 | Sportul Studen?esc Bucure?ti | 14 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 44 | -19 |
Astra Ploiesti
Tibor Selymes registered a new success on the bench of Astra in the game with Sportul and the team is now on 8th place, 6 points from the 5th, place that will get them in Europa League.
The team didn't have time to stay in place, yesterday departing to Craiova, for a day, and today they arrived at Turnu-Severin. Saturday's game will be missed by two of the important Astra players, central defender Lucian Goian and left midfielder Alexandru Stan suspended for yellow cards. If the absence of Stan is not that important, that of Goian leaves no solutions in the central of defence.
Probable team: C.Grigore - Matel, Mihalache, Oprsal, Maranhao - Stratila, Seto, N'Doye, Tigoianu - Fatai, Miranda; Coach: Tibor Selymes; Injured: Budescu, Gussev, Nogo; Suspended: L.Goian, Al.Stan; Backups: Miron, Damian, Tiganaau, Croitoru, Paulinho.
Forward Costin Budescu will miss the rest of the season after having surgery at his shoulder.
LAST GAME (Astra Ploiesti - Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti 1-0)
Scored: 1-0 Kehinde Fatai (54)
Astra: 77. C. Grigore - 2. Matel, 4. Mihalache, 6. L. Goian, 13. Junior Morais - 8. Takayuki Seto, 78. N'Doye - 18. Stratila, 21. Fatai (17. B. Rusu '81), 11. Tigoianu (20. Al. Stan '60) - 14. Miranda (3. Oprsal '72). Coach: Tibor Selymes.
Sportul: 33. Viciu - 15. Ciupe, 5. D. Lung, 27. Ratiu, 23. Maxim - 16. Lungu (14. Tarnacop '46) - 30. Irimia, 10. Ferfelea, 19. Cruceru (25. L. Dobre '62), 22. Postolache (31. Chetan '74) - 9. Curelea. Coach: Gheorghe Multescu.
Yellow cards: L. Goian '47, Al. Stan '79 - Tarnacop '53, '66, Curelea '89.
Red card: Tarnacop '66.
Astra managed to win the game with Sportul, score 1-0. They dominated tacticly the match although Sportul having more ball possesion. After the effort with Steaua Astra's players might be tired so winning 3p is a great achievement. They still hope for a place in European competitions so they will do everything to win.
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