Steaua Bucharest – Astra Giurgiu
great match for Romania tonight
Today at 19:00 in Romania League Cup, Steaua Bucharest will meet Astra in a very interesting match that predict a clear victory for Steaua B. Steaua Bucharest won the title last season, while the second best team Astra won the Romanian Cup after they beat today’s opponent in the Cup final.
Two best teams from the last season will meet in Super Cup. This is not the first time when the two teams will face on the same field, last time they played in Romania League 1 on the 28 September and the result was a 0-0 draw.
Steaua made some changes in team and one of the most important is the departure of Ciprian Tatarusanu at Fiorentina. A huge lost for the club. Another good player that left Steaua last summer is Mihai Pintilie, joined by Federico Piovaccari that get back in Sampdoria. A good news for Steaua is that Laurentiu Reghecampf will get back in Romania an it is very possible to come back at his favorite team as a coach. Now Steaua is coached by Constantin Galca that have a very poor managerial career.
Moreover, Steaua is crossing a great stage, in the last five games, they lost only once with Sturm Graz (0-2) and they are on the first place in the standings and ready than never for a great match today. Steaua Bucharest won the title last season, while the second best team Astra won the Romanian Cup after they beat today’s opponent in the Cup final.
By the other side, Astra finished at the second position last season, with two points less than Steaua but a great performance to the team is thta they have managed to win Romanian cup, their first trophy in history. Astra is not in a very goog mood this season, it is ranked only on the 4th place in the standings. Astra coach Oleg Protasov says : “We face a tough game, a lot of interest, against Steaua. It is a game where you have to show what we have done so far and what we can do next. I think we Astra force and is able to win any opponent. We are professionals and we have to play against opponents and a hundred thousand, but play with empty stands. We must do our duty under any circumstances. ” Astra is fully motivated to win another trophy, but Steaua is still one of the best teams in Romania.
Costel Galca and Oleg Protasov dispute will address this evening with very little new to the first part of championship teams. The first will appeal to Ţucudean instead plecatului Claudiu Keserü (Al Gharafa), we substitute Szukala Luchin and Adi Popa will return to the first “11″ in a tactical way changed after the transfer of Sanmartean. In turn, the Ukrainian will use the new transferatul Celio in place of Ben Youseff.
Prabable players:
Steaua: Arlauskis – Papp, Luchin, Varela, Latovlevici – Prepeliță – Ad. Popa, Rusescu, Tănase, Chipciu – Țucudean
Astra: Lung jr. – Rus, Oros, Celio, Morais – Laban, Yahaya, Takayuki – Enache, Fatai, Budescu
Our site recomands you for tonight’s match over 1,5 goals.
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