Live. Sepsi OSK-Steel, in a Round #6 confrontation of the Super Land-Out

The match is a special one for Dorinel Munteanu, a coach who wrote history in Galați. “Neamțul” won the title and supercuss with Steel in the 2010/2011 season, then, in 2023, promoted on the Danube, after taking over the team from the third step.

A complicated mission is announced for Covasneni: “Revitalized” under the command of Laszlo Balint, Steel, the first in the play-out, comes after four consecutive victories without a goal, which has practically escaped the worries of relegation. Instead, Sepsi suffers, being on the place of “dam” at this time.

Sepsi – Steel Galati, live from 21:00

Sepsi – Steel Galati, Start teams:

SEPS: Niczuly – Oteliță, Ninaj, Haruț, Dumitrescu – C. Matei, Mino Sota, Skorup – M. Coman, Oberlin, Mailat
reserves: Gedo, Orioan, Simic, F. Stefan, Siger, Neskovic, Drăghiceanu, Kallaki, Ghimfus, Batzula, El Sawy, Babukski
Coach: Dorinel Munteanu

Steel: Dur Bozoancă – Zhelev, Cisse, Stefanovic, Gomes – Bourard, Lameira, Teles – Maciel, Bicfalvi, A. Tănasa
reserves: Paharnicu, companion, Plaza, N. Roşu, M. Cojocaru, Angha, Andonache, S. Rus, Maftei, Hofman, C. Stan, A. Money
Coach: Laszlo Balint

Stadium: Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe
Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest) / A1: Andrei Constantinescu (Bucharest) / A2: Nicușor Marin (Suseni – Argeș)
Var Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Bucharest) / Avar Referee: Cristina Mariana Trandafir (Bucharest)
R1: Sorin Vădana (Cluj-Napoca) / Referee observer: Sorin Boca (Iași)

The up-to-date situation in the play-out of the Superligi

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe – Steel Galați | The most interesting match data, filtered by GSP statistician Liviu Manolache

• February 24, 2025, UTA Arad-Sepsi 1-2 was the last successful success of Covasneni in Superliga. Two equality results and five defeats followed.
• The Galatians come after four consecutive victories without a goal, Results that removed them from the relegation area and took them to the front of the play-out ranking.
• With six goals scored and seven assists, Frederic Maciel contributed to 43.3 % of the successes of the Galatians this season.
• 13 goals on the counterattack scored Sepsi OSK in the first 35 stages, most of all competitors.
• Sepsi OSK and Steel met in the main internal competition only four times, twice the Covasnens were imposed, a game was won by Moldovans, and a match ended on a draw.
• The first direct confrontation in the championship took place on August 7, 2023, Sepsi Osk-Oitel 1-1 (Pavol Safranko / Alexandru Pop).
• Most goals were scored on December 12, 2023, Oski Osk 2-3.
• The most recent dispute in Superliga was recorded on January 26, 2025, Sepsi OSK-Otelul 2-0, goals scored by Branislav Ninaj and Sebastian Mailat.
• Age of age: Sepsi OSK – 26 years and four months; / Steel Galați – 26 years and nine months.
• 35 players used the Covasnens in the current editionof which 18 are native. On the other side, The Galatians relied on 34 footballers, 17 of them being strangers.

Dorinel Munteanu, face to face with the club for which he wrote history: “For us, it is vital to win the match”

Dorinel Munteanu has great confidence in his students, but again explains that “the countdown began.” There are 4 stages of disputed from this play-out, and Sepsi hopes to avoid the “dam” places.

“A very difficult, very difficult meeting, because last week I said, before the game with UTA, that the countdown began for us. DUnfortunately, we need points, not a point, as we obtained in Arad, where we had to win.

I am convinced that at the game with Galați we will make a solid, good, aggressive match. I know the opponent very well, I go through a good time, but that does not scare me, nor will our boys scare them. We play at home, we will be supported by a large audience. The team needs them, to support us and to believe in us until the last game.

(…) We are missing the results, but we are on the right track. We need 3 points with Galati steel. I always laid the foundations on my own team. We analyze the opponent with the players, but what we play is very important.

As I always said, the talent or situation that this team went through must be forgotten. We need to focus, be 100% physically and mentally. For us it is vital to win the match. I want more organization of the game. The boys understood what they want from them: a very aggressive game, very high, explained Dorinel Munteanu, at the press conference.

I think the boys had the necessary mental peace, because they had two days off. We will prepare very well and wait for Galați to come and face.

The force of Galați is the team. I know everything that is going on there. I know the team, the strength of the group is the power and physical training. My boys have prepared very well … If we put more soul for this team, we will overcome any weight.

– Dorinel Munteanu, Sepsi's coach

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