Romania - Gloria Bistrita vs Gaz Metan

Gloria Bistrita

Coach Nicolae Manea hopes that Gloria Bistrita will not relegate: "We must win with Medias and Craiova. I hope from all my heart we will not relegate, because it will be a pitty for our work. Unfortunatley we have team problems, it is hard to play a game without 1st team players".

Former technical director Florin Halagian is upset with owner Jean Padureanu because he fired him after 2 weeks: "I let a player for one day and he came back after two days. Then I wanted to exlude him from the team but Jean Padureanu opposed. I went to Bistrita to help a friend and when I asked him to chose between me and a player, who was also a substitute and made a mistake he chose the player. I cannot comment on something like this".

Probable team: Albut - Saceanu, Szukala, Corallo, Velcovici - Marginean, Anton - Keita, Bajenaru, Cip.Petre – Pasenciuc; Coach: Nicolae Manea; Injured: Coroian, Cavalli, D'Agostino, Balba; Uncertain: Achim, I.Iordache, Cafasso; Suspended: -; Rezerve: Irimia, Tudose, Nastase, Nalati, Costache, Mandea, Hudson

LAST GAME (Steaua Bucuresti - Gloria Bistrita 3-1)
Scored: 1-0 Marius Onofras (24), 1-1 Ionut Balba (26), 2-1 Nicolae Dica (43), 3-1 Nicolae Dica (51)
Steaua: 12. Tatarusanu - 3. Emeghara, 18. Martinovici, 6. Gardos, 14. Latovlevici - 16. Nicolita (91. C. Matei '68), 5. Brandan, 8. Radut. 20. Dica, 10. Tanase (7. Szekely '57) - 11. Onofras (17. Bilasco '80). Coach: Sorin Cartu.
Gloria Bistrita: 22. Albut - 14. Achim (15. Nalati '46), 27. Szukala, 6. Corallo, 5. Velcovici - 29. Anton, 3. Tudose - 21. Keita, 30. Bajenaru, 23. Mandea (16. Marginean '81) - 11. Balba (2. C. Petre '40). Coach: Nicolae Manea

After they conceeded 3 with Dinamo, Gloria conceeded 3 also from Steaua, so in the last two games they didn't win a point. Craiova is at 3 points and the situation is not looking good. The team doesn't need to make any wrong step from now on. They really want to avoid a decisive game with Craiova who will come to Bistrita in the 33rd round. They hope to win the 3 points tomorrow with Gaz Metan because Craiova has a though match with Galati.

Gaz Metan Medias

General manager Ioan Horoaba is saying that a win with GLoria will get them closer to a place in Europa League: "The win with Dinamo I find more beatufiul because it brings us three points. I would want Dinamo to take the cup and us to finish on 6th place. The game with Bistrita is difficult because they are in must win situation."

Probable team: Plesca - Hoban, Khubutia, Vukadinovic, Buzean - Al.Muntean, Todea, Kubala, Parvulescu - Bawab, Eric de Oliveira; Coach: Cristian Pustai; Injured: Buchta, Fl.Lazar, Z.Markovic, Raul, Aganovic; Suspended: R.Zaharia, Trtovac, Cristian Pustai; Substitutes: Vatca, Miclea, Dudita, Roman, Bozesan, Fl.Bratu, Litu

The win with Dinamo brought again hopes at Medias, hopes that they could play a European Cup but Gaz could play in european cups without the most important players, Paul Parvulescu will go to Dinamo while goalgetter Eric de Oliveira would want also to get transfered.

LAST GAME (Gaz Metan Medias - Dinamo Bucure?ti 2-1)
Scored: 1-0 Thaer Bawab (35), 1-1 Marius Alexe (90+2), 2-1 Paul Parvulescu (90+4)
Gaz Metan: 12. Plesca - 16. R. Zaharia, 3. Trtovaci, 13. Akaki, 8. Buzean - 21. Todea, 15. Hoban - 5. Muntean (6. Bozesan '77), 27. Eric (80. R. Miclea '86), 22 Parvulescu - 18. Bawab (9. Litu '71). Coach: Cristian Pustai.
Dinamo: 34. Balgradean - 18. Barboianu, 21. D. Grigore, 3. Moti, 2. Diabate - 22. Torje, 5. Kone (8. Patrascu '78), 7. C. Munteanu, 20. Bakaj (9. Tucudean '54) - 10. Alexe, 19. L. Ganea (25. Danciulescu '71). Coach: Ioan Andone.
Yellow cards: Todea '43, Zaharia '49, Trtovaci '65, Plesca '90+1 - Moti '56, Kone '62, Barboianu '74, C.Munteanu '90

Gaz Metan managed to get a very important win with Dinamo getting back into the fight for a European cup place. To force a qualification they would need the 3p with Bistrita. They will play in the next round at home with Steaua.

Gloria Bistrita - Gaz Metan is announced as an equal game, both teams wanting the 3 points. The thing is that between these two clubs there were some good relations. Many players from Bistrita went to Medias and back.