FCSB and Fenerbahce meet from 22:00 in the last match of the Europa League group. The duel will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro, with real-time information from the National Arena, and live on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
With 7 matches played, FCSB is in 29th place with 6 points, obtained after victories with Go Ahead Eagles and Feyenoord. The Romanian champions are two points away from 24th place (Celtic), but they need victory and help in the other matches. On the other side, Fenerbahce is in 18th place, with 11 points. And they hope for a win and finish in the top 8, to play directly in the round of 16.
FCSB – Fenerbahce, live from 22:00
FCSB – Fenerbahce, likely teams
FCSB:Târnovanu – Graovac, Dawa, Duarte, Pantea – Lixandru, Cisotti – Thiam, Olaru, Politic – Miculescu
Reserves: Zima, Udrea, Crețu, Dâncuș, Kiki, Ngezana, Radunovic, Alhassan, Oct. Popescu, Alibec, Toma
Absent: Bîrligea (suspended), Fl. Tănase, Chiricheș (injured)
Coach: Elias Charalambous
Fenerbahçe: Cetin – Semendo, Skriniar, Oosterwolde, Muldur – Fred, Yuksek – Nene, Asensio, Alvarez – Akturkoglu
Reserves: Ederson, Biterge Talisca, Soyuncu, Karatas, Aydin, Uregen, Brown, Mercan, En-Nesyri
Coach: Domenico Tedesco
Stadium: National Arena
Referee: Nenad Minakovic // Assistants: Nikola Borovic, Boško Bozovic
VAR Referee: Momcilo Markovic // Assistant VAR: Jelena Cvetkovic
Europa League live standings
According to statisticians, FCSB has a 7% chance of qualifying for the Europa League round of 16 play-offs.
What the two coaches said before FCSB – Fenerbahce
We all know that we will meet perhaps the best team we could meet so far, with a lot of quality. It will be a difficult match, a match in which we know that we do not depend only on ourselves. Even if we win, we also depend on other results. We are not sure that we can qualify, but we will give everything, we will try to be the best, we will try to win the match. We know that anything can happen in football. We will fight from the first minute to win. It will be difficult for us and we have to work hard. Especially in this time we're going through now, we have to show character and hope to get things right.
– Elias Charalambous, FCSB coach
We are already in the top 24, but we will face a motivated side who beat Feyenoord 4-3 after being 1-3 down. It is a motivated team that never gives up. They have a good audience, a nice stadium. We continue our way. After the match it's easier to tell if you did things well or not, but what you do before the match is interesting. In general, there are a lot of emotions in football.
– Domenico Tedesco, Fenerbahce coach
