The countdown match of the first stage of the Romanian championship between Rapid and Sepsi is scheduled for Friday, July 14 at 21:30 at the Giulesti Stadium and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

In one of the most important matches of the first round of the new championship, “Rapid” and “Sepsi” meet. Both teams strive not only to reach the playoffs, but also to enter the European Cups.

The season is off to a fast start with a new manager after Adrian Mutu left for Neftchi Baku in Azerbaijan and Cristiano Bergodi (who had just retired from Sepsi) was brought in, a decision that sparked protests from fans but died down after a few days .

Giulesti parted ways with Antonio Sefer, Ljuban Crepulia, Damien Dussault, Hervin Ongenda, Kevin Lucassen and Claudio Bela this summer, but brought in Julian Cristea, Rezvan Oaide (both from FCSB), Christopher Brown (from CFR Cluj), Omar El Sawy ( from Cikszered), Katalin Kirjan (from Arsenal) and Borja Valle (from Cartagena).

This summer, “Rapid” played four friendly matches, recording a defeat (1-4 against “Slovan” from Bratislava, a draw (1-1) with “Dunayska-Stred” and two victories (5-0 with “Rache” and 1-0 at Gyor (all with Adrian Mutu on the bench). “It won’t be a special match for me. That’s what it was like to meet Sepsi.

A month ago I was there, won the cup. I have no emotions, but I am happy to meet the former team.

I know the players here. I played with them last year. I coached some of them in the past,” said Rapid coach Cristiano Bergodi. Last season, Rapid made it to the playoffs and finished the championship in 5th place.

Sepsi arrives in Giulești in high spirits following a 1-0 win against Farul Constanța in the Romanian Super Cup on 8 July in Ploiești in the debut match of new coach Liviu Ciobotariu, who replaced the resigned Cristiano Bergodi. .

The team from St. George gave up Radoslav Dimitrov, Rezvan Began, Enrico Papa, Aleksandr Tudori and Anass Ahachbar this summer, but took Gabriel Debeluch (CFR Cluj), Isnik Alimi (Kabala), Dina Moldovan (Kindia), Vitaliy Damashkan (Volunteers) . ), Sheriff Kallaku (Teuta), Darius Oroyan (Steaua) and Bohdan Otelitsa (Gloria Buzeu).

In friendly matches this summer, Sepsi won against Zhytomyr (1:0) and lost twice (0:1 against Ferencvaros and 1:3 against CSKA 1948 in Sofia).

“For us, this is the second official game, it is the beginning of the championship, all teams want to start correctly, it is clear that we are also aiming for this. We are playing away to Rapid, a team that I think will fight for the title this season,” said Sepsi coach Liviu Chobotariou.

Last season, Sepsi played in the playoffs and finished the championship in 6th place, managing to win the Romanian Cup (on July 27 – away and August 3 – at home, respectively, in the second preliminary round of the Conference League against CSKA (Sofia).

The two teams met four times last season, with Rapid winning both regular season matches, 2-1 away and 3-0 at home, while Sepsi got revenge in the playoffs, 2-0 at home and 0-0 in Giulesti.

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