Live Steaua-UTA, in the play-off of the Betano Romanian Cup

Ashley Davis26/08/2025

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Article by Remus Dinu – published Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 18:18 / Updated Tuesday, August 26, 20:18

Steaua București and Ato It dies tonight, from 7:00 pm, in the first match and at the same time the poster of the poster of The play-off of the Betano Romanian Cup. The match in Ghencea is LiveText on GSP.ro and live on TV on Digi Sport 1 and the first sport.

Duel with promising poster in Ghencea, where Steaua and UTA are fighting for a place in the Romanian Cup groups. “The old lady “aims to maintain the solid level displayed in the championship, while the red-blue band, outside today, seeks to meet the goal she missed last year.

UPDATE 5:15 »A car caught fire across the stadium road

Alert in Ghencea: A car caught fire less than two hours before Steaua – UTA, just across the road from the stadium that will host the game.

The tires began to explode one by one, then the car was consumed by flames and burned like a torch.

The firefighters intervened promptly, two special vehicles went to the scene. Fortunately, no one was inside the vehicle when it was engulfed in flames.

The car was in a poor state, the cause of the fire seems to be a fuel leak. The prompt intervention of the firefighters caused the fire not to expand to other cars in the area. At 50 meters there is the parking of a furniture shopping center!

Steaua București – UTA, start teams:

Steaua (4-3-3): Framculescu – Adăscăliței, Cimpoieșu, Lumbu, A. Ilie – Drăghici, Pacionel, Rasdan – Chipirliu, Lopez, Lascu
Reserves: H. Iancu, Doană, Ad. Popa, M. Ioniță, Lanțoș, Rotaru, Mario Roman, Gualda, Nedelea
Coach: Daniel Oprița

UTA (4-4-2): Gorcea – Iacob, Pospielov, Poulolo, Alomerovici – Tzioni, Ov. Popescu, van Durmen, Terroi – Abdallah, Costache
Reserves: Iliev, Benga, Padula, Al. Matei, Al. Roman, Mihai, Sota Mino, Țuțu, Hrezdac
Coach: Adrian Mihalcea

Stadium: “Steaua”
Referee: Mihail Sebastian Lăstun (Râmnicu Vâlcea) / A1: Ionuț Marius Bobe (Bucharest) / A2: Cristian Cosmescu (Râmnicu Vâlcea) / R1: Claudiu Andrei Filip (Craiova) / Referee observer: Eduard Dumitrescu (Pitești) / Delegate game: Dragoș Ionescu (Bucharest)

Steaua targets the cup groups

Without objective in the championship, where the team does not own this year the right of promotion, Steaua has proposed its participation in the Betano Romanian Cup groups, everything for added visibility to the brandconsidering that duels with teams in Liga 1 would be inevitable in that phase.

Since the implementation of the current Cup system, Steaua has managed to qualify once in groups, to the dissatisfaction of the supporters, who have charged the superficiality with which the club treated this objective.

We want in the Romanian Cup groups, I hope the boys can prove, make a match as Saturday, with Reșița, and maybe we can overcome the UTA

– Daniel Oprița, Steaua coach

Adrian Mihalcea has no doubt: “What derby? With FCSB I fought”

Adrian Mihalcea (49 years old), the coach of UTA Arad, held the press conference preceding the away duel with Steaua, making a remark that could indignation on the supporters of the “military”:

Mihalcea argues, with a subject and predicate, that FCSB, the Super League team, is the team he considered rival when he was a footballer.

“There is no derby. It is an important, cup game. The FCSB is the team with which I was struggling every time. That's what I always considered. I am of the same opinion and I will remain, that FCSB is the team with which I have given myself and that I would be considered to be derby.

We meet CSA Steaua, a team that in the last 5 years would be promoted twice. A good team, constant in the first 6 in Liga 2. A team that certainly wants to go further in the cup, being their safe palpable objective. It is also one of our goals, that of having a long way in the cup, ”said Mihalcea, in the conference.

The full program in the play-off of the Betano Romanian Cup

Tuesday, August 26:

7pm: Steaua București – UTA

Wednesday, August 27:

👉🏻 5:30 pm
FC Voluntari – AFK Csikszereda
CSM Unirea Alba Iulia – AFC Botosani (FRF.TV)
AFC Câmpulung – Muscel 2022 – Metaloglobus Bucharest
CS Health Public Services – Unirea Slobozia
FC Agricola Borcea – FC Argeș (FRF.TV)
CSO Băicoi – CS Gloria Bistrița
CS Sporting Liești – CS Afumati
CS Vulturii Fărcășești – Concordia Chiajna
Metal Buzău – Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
CSC Dumbrăvița – FC Bihor Oradea
CSM Olimpia Satu Mare – CSM Slatina
Poli Timișoara – CS Dinamo Bucharest
FC Şoimii Gura Humorului – Sepsi OSK Sf. Gheorghe (FRF.TV)

👉🏻 7pm:
Poli Iași – Ploiești Petrol

Thursday, August 28:

5:00 pm: Corvin Hunedoara – Constanta Lighthouse