Romania - Liga 1 - Pandurii Tg Jiu vs Steaua Bucuresti

Pandurii Targu-Jiu

Coach Petre Grigoras declared that Steaua would want in the game with Drobeta Turnu-Severin to wash away the shame suffered in the game with Dinamo: "Steaua is a team that is wonded after this game with Dinamo and I am sure they will do anything to win all the points today. It will be a difficult match for us. It isn't easy to get over a loss with Dinamo and I am sure that Steaua would want to wash away the shame."

Pandurii will have two difficult games in these three days, one with Steaua and one with Rapid.

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

LAST GAME (Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti - Pandurii Targu-Jiu 2-1)
Scored: 0-1 Stojan Vranjes (11), 1-1 Tiberiu Balan (69), 2-1 Tiberiu Balan (81)
Sportul Studentesc: 33. Viciu - 29. Farmache (4. V. Negru '67), 5. Lung, 27. Ratiu, 23. Maxim - 13. Ghinga (15. Ciupe '32) - 28. Balan, 30. Irimia, 10. Ferfelea, 8. Nae (11. Gheorghe '46) - 9. Curelea. Coach: Gheorghe Multescu.
Pandurii Targu Jiu: 80. Mingote - 2. Matei (25. Pleasca '82), 3. Viera, 23. Rada (15. Voinea '85), 29. Grecu - 16. Nistor - 7. Bacila, 14. Voiculet (8. Popete '85), 20. Vranjes, 18. Stromajer - 27. Lemnaru. Coach: Petre Grigoras
Yellow cards: Ciupe '55, Viciu '88 - Vranjes '44

After a very good series, obtaining points with teams like CFR, Craiova, Branesti, Timisoara and Astra, Pandurii couldn't obtain a single point with the bottom placed team. They led 1-0 at half time, but in the 2nd half there were signes of fatigue at many players and they lost after all with 2-1.

Steaua Bucuresti

Steaua lost in Ghencea the derby with Dinamo. Gigi Becali critisized his players after the loss with eternal rival Dinamo and declared that the only downside of the team is in the offensive compartment, wehere there is no attacker to get the ball into the net.

Already Becali is thinking at a solutions to replace Cartu as coach and that seems to be Antonio Conceicao, the actual coach of Brasov or Cosmin Olariu, but the latter declined the offer in many occasions.

Probable team: Tatarusanu - Eder Bonfim, Gardos, Geraldo Alves, Latovlevici - Nicolita, L.Marinescu, Radut, Cr.Tanase - Bilasco, Maicon; Coach: Sorin Cartu; Innjured: C.Lungu, Bicfalvi, Ricardo, Iliev; Suspended: -; Substitutes: Stanca, Emeghara, Galamaz, Szekely, Dica, Martinovici, Bilasco, Surdu

LAST GAME (Steaua Bucuresti - Dinamo Bucuresti 0-1)
Scored: 0-1 Gabriel Torje (63)
Steaua: 12. Tatarusanu - 29. Bonfim, 6. Gardos, 23. Geraldo, 14. Latovlevici - 5. Brandan, 27. Marinescu (11. Onofras'70) - 16. Nicolita, 10. C. Tanase, 24. Surdu (8. Radut '78) - 17. Bilasco (99. Maicon '55). Coach: Sorin Cartu.
Dinamo: 34. Balgradean - 18. Barboianu, 21. D. Grigore, 3. Moti, 16. Bordeanu - 22. Torje (20. Bakaj '83), 5. D. Kone, 7. C. Munteanu (6. Margaritescu '76), 10. Alexe - 25. Danciulescu, 19. L. Ganea (9. Tucudean '70). Coach: Ioan Andone.
Yellow cards: Geraldo '53, Radut '79 - C. Munteanu '21, Barboianu '43, Tucudean '72, Bordeanu '74.

Steaua disappointed again his fans, losing 0-1 with Dinamo at home. Through this loss we can say that Steaua said goodbye to the title and second place. Players are with low morale and will try to bounce back with Targu-Jiu. 

The fact that Pandurii will have their first game ever played at night because they will unveil the new lightning system. Both teams come from a loss and I think that the match will be a nice game to watch. A draw is the most possible outcome we see in this game.