Rapid vs. Sepsi, the 8th round playoff match is scheduled for Friday 12th May at 20:30 at Giulesti Stadium and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima. Sports 1.

Rapid and Sepsy meet in a pride match, with both teams not involved in any league-related goals this late in the season.

Rapid are in 5th place with 34 points, five points behind CFR Cluj, the 3rd-placed team, the last to secure a presence at the Conference League stage (4th place gives such a chance only if U Cluj, who do not have a license for European Cups, wins the Romanian Cup final against Sepsi).

Giulesti comes off the back of one of the biggest humiliations in the club’s history, a 2-7 defeat in the preliminary round at the Farul Arena, which saw Rapid become the team with the weakest defense in the play-offs with 16 goals conceded in seven matches.

In these conditions, although he is officially still supported by the two shareholders, Victor Angelescu and Dan Shuku, Adrian Mutu is no longer sure of his position, the first name has been released as a replacement, Marius Malderasanu, a former Giulesti player who has changed one season above expectations with Hermannstadt.

“These are the same players who won with FCSB and CFR. We feel sorry for the fans, we have to win the next match,” said Adrian Mutu.

Sepsi is in 6th place with 25 points, and remains just one goal away this season after winning the Romanian Cup for the second year in a row, which will allow him to compete again in the Conference League.

Cristiano Bergodi’s team collected only four points in the playoffs and won only one match, even in the round with Rapid, and lost to Capital in the previous stage, with a score of 1: 3 with FCSB (missing Sepsi, by the way, in each from the last five away matches).

“We have to play well to be ready for the last match, the final of the Romanian Cup,” said the coach of Italian Sepsi.

In the games of the regular season, the Giulesti team won each time with a score of 2-1 in St. George (Sefer 27, Al. Ionice 45+2, respectively, Rondon 21p) and 3-0 in Giulesti (Dugandzic 5, 13 , 19p), and in the match of the round, starting from the playoffs, Sepsi won at home Rapid 2-0 (Tudorie 26, Stefanescu 86).

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