On Wednesday, November 9, at 9:00 p.m., a match of the 2nd stage of Group C of the Romanian Cup “Rapid” – “Farul” is scheduled to be played live on Digi Sport 1, Prima at the “Julest” stadium. Sport 1 and Orange Sport 1.

Rapid and Farul, the holders of the first two places in the Super League, meet in the most interesting match of this stage of the Romanian Cup less than three weeks after the championship match, also held in Giuliște, which ended in a 1 -1 draw.

Rapid won the first leg with a 4-1 home win against CSK Dumbravitz and are the only team in Group C with three points (Farul and ČFR Cluj have just one each), but that came after a painful derby defeat against FCSB from the championship, the score is 1-3 at the National Arena.

Giulesti, with 13 Romanian Cups under their belt, will be aiming to win the trophy, a result that will guarantee them a place in the UEFA Conference League, especially as they will celebrate their 100th anniversary in the summer.

“I like the new format of the Romanian Cup, it’s like a tournament, it’s a goal for us. The Romanian Cup is very important for us, we told the players that this competition should be treated as such,” said Adrian Mutu, the coach of the team under the Grant Bridge.

Farul, the second-placed Superliga leaders (eight points above Rapid and nine above CFR Cluj, who, however, still have two in arrears), returns to Giulesti on the back of a nine-match unbeaten run, including seven wins and two draws, both away (1-1 with Rapid in the league and 2-2 with CSM Oleksandria in the Romanian Cup).

Guique Hagi used a squad made up of players who have featured less this season in the previous Romanian Cup match, suggesting that Farul is putting more emphasis on the championship than the second domestic tournament.

“I have a team, I take responsibility, I create a team that will win. The squad is large, I also have a second team, very young and valuable players.

We will go to Giulesti with the team to win. Let’s see who it will be. We have to give them all the minutes, analyze them, evaluate them, they all need a chance,” Gike Hagi said before the match with Rapid.

The two teams last met on October 21 in the league when they finished a 1-1 draw in Julesti (Sepunaru 53 / Alibek 20) ​​and last season they drew 0-0 in the round at the National Arena, so Farul won 2-0 against Rapid in the second leg.

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