Gaz Metan Mediaş will receive the visit of the newly promoted Chindia Targoviste on Monday from 16:00 in the first round of League 1.
The team prepared by Edward Iordănescu comes after a play-out that he won en-fanfare in which he did not give any chance to those from Botoşani and Dinamo, teams that finished in the second and three play-out.
Although in the summer he lost several basic players, including Sorin Buşu, André Micael, Bradley Diallo, Pedro Mendes, Luís Aurélio, Antoni Ivanov, Sebastian Mailat, David Caiado, Yazalde Pinto and Mario Rondón. sharpen the ranks, Iordănescu jr. Bring fresh blood with which he clearly targets the play-off: Răzvan Popa, Mihai Velisar, Lukáš Droppa, Mickael Diakota, Neluţ Roşu, Stephan Draghici and Moussa Sanoh.
On the other side, Chindia Târgovişte had an impeccable lead in the second league, which he won with 88 points, with one more than the second one, Academica Clinceni. Returning to League 1 after a two-decade break, the goalies will aim to keep in the first league. Or this goal will be difficult to achieve given that, despite some good moves on the transfer market, Dinu Moldovan, Filip Mitrović, Mihai Leca, Robert Neciu, Stelian Cucu, Ovidiu Bic, Andrei Burlacu, Mihai Vodut and Blaise Yaméogo, Alin Dudea and Mihai Neicuţescu, Chindia will only play away, their home matches will support “Ilie Oana” from Ploieşti until their own stadium is restored.
The team of Iordănescu jr. the team is more experienced and more valuable. On his own ground, Gaz Metan Mediaş has always shown that it is a force and he did not have much syncope in the duels with the small teams. On the other hand, it remains to be seen if Viorel Moldovan’s team will easily cross the impact of League One.
PREDICTION: Gaz Metan Medias to win @ 1,85
