The steel – FCSBthe match in the 26th stage of the Superliga, is decisive in the fight for the play-off. The duel scheduled today, from 20:00, will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on TV on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
The red-blues need all three points at stake in Galaţi to still hope to join the top six at the end of the regular season.
On the other side, tied in the standings, the Danubians also only have the option of victory in order not to miss the goal. The formation prepared by Laszlo Balint comes after a defeat on the field of the University of Craiova, final score 0-1.
Joao Paulo, recently transferred to the Romanian champions, will face his former team.
Steel – FCSB, starting teams:
The steel: Dur Bozoancă – Zhelev, Zivulic, C. Lopes, Conrado – Paz, Lameira, Pedro Nuno – Bană, Debeljuh, Miguel Pinto
reserves: I. Popescu, Ursu, E. Neicu, Chira, Ferreira, Postelnicu, D. Sancu, A. Ciobanu, Bordun, D. Neicu, Patrick
Coach: Laszlo Balint
FCSB: M. Popa – Pantea, Duarte, Dawa, Radunovic – Lixandru, Alhassan – Miculescu, F. Tănase, Olaru – Bîrligea
reserves: Târnovanu, Zima, V. Crețu, Dăncuş, Joao Paulo, M. Toma, Oct. Popescu, Stoian, Thiam, D. Popa
Coach: Elias Charalambous
Central defender Joyskim Dawa and striker Daniel Bîrligea returned as starters, after both started on the bench in the last match. The stopper's starting was also forced by the medical problems suffered by Ngezana and Graovac.
Stadium: Steel (Galatians)
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)
ASSISTANT: Mircea Grigoriu (Bucharest) and Cosmin Vatamanu (Bucharest)
VAR referee: Iulian Dima (Bucharest)
Assistant VAR: Sebastian Gheorghe (Suceava)
UPDATE. 17:25: Fire one kilometer from the stadium before Oțelul – FCSB
Fire with explosion in the vicinity of Stadionul Oțelul, before the duel with FCSB, at a distance of almost one kilometer from the Danube arena. A car caught fire while driving.
There were no casualties. The driver and his partner immediately got out of the car, when a dense cloud of smoke began to emerge from under the hood of their own vehicle. A loud bang was heard a few tens of seconds away, the Police and the firemen made an emergency appearance to isolate the perimeter and put out the fire.
Oțelul – FCSB, live from 20:00
We are coming off two high energy games and then it is clear that our main concern is to try to bring the energy level back inside the dressing room, I mean both mentally and physically. We are obliged to do this, we know the importance of the points, we know the level of the opponent, it is clear that we want the victory because any other result greatly diminishes our chances of qualifying for the play-offs. It is very good that Galata supporters have demands from the team, but they should not ignore the reality. We want performance, we want to get results, I think the game looks good, despite the fact that we lost players.
– Laszlo Balint, Oțelul coach
3victories FCSB has with Oțelul, since the return of the Moldovans in the main domestic competition, which happened in 2023. In the other two duels, the Galatasarays prevailed, both away
You will never hear me worry about absences. Sure, I'd love to have all the players available, but that's the way it is. I believe in the whole squad and we always try to find solutions to recover unavailable players. We will find out if Siya (no – Ngezana) can play, it's 50-50. From now on, all matches are like finals for us. Now, with Galațiul, then in the Cup, next Sunday another final, with Craiova. They are all games we have to win. It is not a difficult but a beautiful time for me. I really like that because we have to be focused in all the matches.
– Elias Charalambous, FCSB coach
Steel – FCSB, pre-match statistics
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Seven wins, three draws and only two lost games were registered by the Galatasaray team in the current championship at home.
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The guys from Bucharest have won in four of the 12 trips, and four other times they have finished in a draw.
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The last successful victory of the Galatians in the championship at home in the duels with the Bucharest red-blues was recorded on September 26, 2010, Oțelul-FCSB 1-0 (scorer Cristian Sârghi, coaches Dorinel Munteanu / Edward Iordănescu).
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March 5, 2023, UTA Arad – FCSB 3-1 was the only victory achieved by coach Laszlo Balint in the duels with the Bucharest group, in the rest one draw and four lost games.
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