LIVE. Chindia Târgoviște – FC Voluntari, in stage #6 of the League 2 play-off » Ilfoveni are looking for direct promotion

In the first match of the 6th stage of the play-off in the second league, FC Bihor Oradea won in the last second, at home, against Sepsi OSK, score 3-2.

Saturday's match is especially important for Ilfoveni, who can take advantage of Sepsi's misstep to get closer to second place, the one that promotes directly to the Superliga. Before the match, FC Voluntari has 52 points, 5 less than Sepsi. Today's opponent, Chindia, is the last in the play-off, with 39 points, a team with 6 consecutive failures in League 2.

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Chindia Târgoviște – FC Voluntari, the starting teams

Chindia: M. Contra – Martac, Celea, Mboumbouni, Brumă, Honciu, Doukoure, Bg. Petre, Popadiuc, Pesic, Doumtsios
reserves: Isvoranu – Munoz, Bilali, Pandele, Rob. Necșulescu, Mig. Constantinescu, Roșu, R. Mihai, D. Florea
Coach: Nicu Croitoru

FC Voluntari: Al. Maxim – R. Crișan, Dumbrăvanu, Gîț, Șuteu, Cvek, D. Andrei, I. Gheorghe (capt.), Guțea, Babic, Mih. Romanian
Reserves: Chioveanu – Merloi, Schieb, Haita, Petculescu, Onișa, Vencu, Tolea, Dan. Thomas
Coach: Florin Pîrvu

• FC Voluntari won the match with Chindia, in Târgoviște, 2-0, in the regular season;

• Ilfoven also won in the play-off round of League 2, score 5-1

What the two coaches said before the match

We are facing an important match, we are starting the return leg. We know Chindia as she knows us. It's an important match, for which we have prepared very well. We go there with the thought of victory.

We want to keep the good run from the first part of the play-offs. I was satisfied with the results, and we can still improve the game. We are attentive and focused, we take it match by match and see where we will be at the end.

I am glad that we have no injuries, we are in full form. We are going with confidence, it will not be easy, but we hope it will be good for us.

We have a clear goal from the start and the boys have understood that this has to be the mentality and the strategy here. We have a good mentality, the boys are preparing very well and we will see what will happen. We also have confidence for the next matches, let's get the most out of them

– Florin Pîrvu, FC Voluntari coach

It's a match in which two teams with diametrically opposite evolutions meet. On the one hand, the team from Voluntari, with the best results, four wins and a draw so far in the play-offs, and we, unfortunately, did not have the developments or the results we expected.

The result from Oradea changes the data of the problem. At this moment, Voluntari must win to come within two points of Sepsi and stay in the fight for direct promotion. On the other hand, we also really want to change the image left lately, as a game and as results.

Let's continue what we started with Sepsi and especially win! It is time to prove that we deserve our place in the play-offs, that we are not inferior to the other competitors. I think the potential of the players is completely different and I hope that tomorrow we will do everything we can to prove that

– Nicolae Croitoru, coach Chindia, for liga2.ro

League 2 play-off standings