FC Argeș Pitești – FC Botoșani will take place on Friday at 16:15 in the first round of the regular season of League 1 season 2020-2021. The match in Trivale will open the ball in this championship which will start at the start in a new format with 16 teams.
The team prepared by Ionuț Badea, finished the play-off of the second League on the 2nd place, behind those from UTA, thus promoting in the first value echelon of the country, in which FC Argeș returns after an absence of 11 years. On the other hand, the Moldovans come after a season in which they wrote history in League 1. In his first year as coach, Marius Croitoru managed to lead the team from the North of the country for the first time in the playoffs, FC Botoșani also managing the qualification for the second time. in history in the Europa League, a competition in which he will debut next week away in a match with FC Ordabasy from Kazakhstan.
It will be the first time that FC Argeș and FC Botoșani will face each other;
FC Argeș recorded two victories, two draws and one failure in the play-off for the promotion of the Second League;
FC Argeș obtained the last victory on its own field in an official match in December 2019 (n.r. 3-0 with Sportul Snagov);
A victory, a draw and three defeats ticked FC Botoșani in the play-off of the last edition of League 1 on the opposing field;
Immediately after the promotion, FC Argeș ticked a few transfers, Ionuț Badea strengthening his team for this championship in which the Pitesti team will aim to stay in the first league with Honciu (Călărași), G. Matei (Clinceni), G. Deac (Petrolul), Greab (Sepsi), D. Meza Colli (Petrolul), Ndiaye (Călărași) and Cocian (Crișul Chișineu). Instead, the Moldovans managed to maintain the core with which they wrote history in the last championship so that Marius Croitoru did not need reinforcements, “filling” his defense with defenders Florin Plămadă (Metaloglobus) and Baba Toure (Le Puy Foot) .
It is clear that on paper the difference in value between a team that evolves in the Europa League and a newly promoted one is huge, but Marius Croitoru’s team must prove on the field in Trivale that it deserves this favorite status.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,94
