On Saturday, April 1, at 21:45 at the Giulesti stadium, the match between Rapid and Farul is scheduled for the 2nd stage of the playoffs of the Romanian championship, live broadcast by Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima sport 1.

After a competitive break caused by the matches of the national teams, the Super League resumes with the 2nd stage of the playoffs, which opens with the Rapid – Farul derby.

Rapid are in 5th place with 27 points, eight points behind leaders Farul, and only one win keeps the Giulesti side in contention for the title or at least a place in the Conference League.

Adrian Mutu’s side opened the play-offs with a 2-2 draw against CF Cluj, but were put on hold by two matches lost in the final two legs of the regular season, 0-1 at home to Hermannstadt and 1-2 away to Farul.

“I can’t think of a name. Our goal is to enter the European Cup. We are trying to go as high as possible in the playoffs and we need to be careful and collect points from every match. It’s normal to want more. There is no room for mistakes in the playoffs,” said Adrian Mutu.

Farul is the leader with 35 points, two more than second-placed CFR Cluj and five more than FCSB, the team that finishes on the podium in the Super League.

The Mariners made their play-off debut and went through the first leg of Sepsi, at home, 2-1, then Hyke Hagi’s side lost a friendly in Greece, 0-3 against PAOK Thessaloniki, from which, however, the most important footballers of the team were missing , called to the national teams.

“A very difficult match awaits us from all points of view. Rapid is a very good team, they do both phases very well and play very well at home, it is very difficult to win in Giulesti. But we are confident, we started the playoffs well and I think we can continue on the same path,” said Gike Hagi.

The game in Giulesti will feature the two teams’ top scorers Marko Dugandzic (Rapid), who is also the league’s top scorer with 16 goals (tied with Andrea Compagno of FCBS), and Denis Alibek (Farul), who has 11 goals this season .

In regular season matches, Rapid and Farul tied in Giulesti, October 21, 2022, 1-1 (Sepunaru 53 respectively, Alibek 19), giving the Mariners a win in Ovidio, March 11, 2023, 2- 1 (Artean 21, Mazilu 50 respectively, Sefer 14).

The two teams met in this competitive year and in the Romanian Cup group stage on November 9, 2022, with Constantinians winning 2-0 in the capital (Kasap 45+4p, Mazilu 90+7).

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