On Tuesday, April 2, at 19:30 at the Michael Klein Stadium in Hunedoara, the 1/4 final match of the Romanian Cup “Corvinul” – “CFR Cluj” is scheduled to be broadcast live by Digi Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1. .

In the first quarter-final of the Romanian Cup, Corvinul, the only representative of League 2 to reach this stage of the competition, and CFR Cluj, one of the favorites to win the trophy (only one match is played), will meet.

Korvinul started the competition in the third round, beating Giulia Petroshani (L3) 4-2 away, eliminating Cikszereda (L2) in the play-offs with a 4-2 home win before finishing 1st place in Group A after 2-0 against Chindia (L2) and 1-0 against Sepsi, both at home, and 6-0 at Progresul Pecica (L3); The group also included Hermannstadt and Petrolul.

In Ligue 2, the team coached by Florin Maxim is 3rd in the playoffs after the first stage with 20 points, and in the last official match of the championship they drew in Hunedoara with Gloria Buzeu, goal 1-1.

Attention, “Corvinul”, which was relegated last summer from Ligue 3, is also not eligible for promotion to the Super League, because it is a public law club (only private law groups can enter the first echelon of Romania)!

Corvinul’s best result in the Romanian Cup is the previous quarter-final, achieved in the 1987-88 season, when they were eliminated by Dinamo (2-4 in Brasov).

CFR Cluj debuted in the Romanian Cup directly in the group stage, a privilege given to teams that finished 1-6 in the previous championship and finished 2nd in Group B after 3-1 with Oleksandria (L2), 1-1 with ” Cluj” and 0-0 with “Rapid” (all matches played away from home); the group also included Steaua (L2) and Botosani.

In the Super League, Adrian Mutu’s side are 3rd in the playoffs after two stages with 28 points, 10 behind leaders FCSB, with a 1-1 draw in their last official league match at Sepsi ground.

“The Romanian Cup is one of the club’s goals this year and the match should be treated as such. And this is a very important match for them, they will play with great ambitions and try to beat us. I think Corvinul is a good Ligue 2 team, and not only that, even if they are not eligible for promotion,” said Adrian Mutu.

CFR Cluj has won the Romanian Cup four times, the last time in 2016 after the final match against Dynamo, scoring 2-2 after 90 and 120 minutes respectively, 5-4 on penalties and losing once in the final act of the competition. , in 2013, 0-1 with Petrolul.

Superbet offers a coefficient of 1.67 on prediction 2: victory of the visitors in the regular time of 90 minutes in the match Corvinul – CFR Cluj.

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