Liga 1 week 8 summary

By: sasha | September 23rd, 2008

Week eight of the Romania’s Liga 1 concluded with Steaua Bucureşti and Dinamo Bucureşti climbing above Unirea Urziceni who were shocked by Universitatea Craiova. Bucureşti were inspired by by Tricolorii Florin Bratu’s two goals after the break and the ‘Câinii Roşii would not let Poli Iaşi back in the match with very sound defense. However looming large in the table is Timişoara who after being hit with a six-point deduction, continue to roll over the opposition. Gheorghe Bucur looked in perfect form adding two goals in the 3-1 victory over Vaslui. Defending champions CFR Cluj finished off a brilliant period that included their victory over Roma in the Champions League and appear to be well adjusted to new manager’s Maurizio Trombetta system and so too will be a force through the balance of the Liga 1 season. The Rapid Bucureşti season is quickly falling off-course as Júlio César and Césinha haven’t shown the ability to score sufficiently and it is obvious that José Peseiro must adjust or it will be a disastrous season. One of the other story-lines to consider is the bench strength of Steaua Bucureşti, Dinamo Bucureşti and CFR Cluj as they adjusted easily to the demands of Champions League / UEFA Cup matches.

Results from the weekend:

Steaua Bucureşti – 4 (António Semedo 6′, 65′, Banel Nicolita 30′, Pantelis Kapetanos 93′)
Gaz Metan Mediaş – 0

Dinamo Bucureşti – 2 (Florin Bratu 46′, 62′ P)
Politehnica Iaşi – 0

Unirea Voluntari Urziceni – 1 (George Galamaz 12′)
Universitatea Craiova – 2 (Michael Baird 17′ Ovidiu Stonaiof 63′)

Timişoara – 3 (Gheorghe Bucur 42′, 81′, Marián Cišovský 74′)
Vaslui – 1 (Mike Temwanjera 34′)

CFR Cluj – 3 (Yssouf Koné 42′, 81′, Sebastián Dubarbier 45′)
Farul Constanţa – 0

Braşov – 0
Rapid Bucureşti – 0

Oţelul Galaţi – 1 (Marius Pena 56′)
Gloria Bistriţa – 0

Argeş Piteşti – 1 (Adrian Voiculet 91′)
Gloria Buzau – 1 (Miguel Fallardo 72′)

Pandurii Târgu-Jiu – 1 (Cosmin Tilinca 30′)
Otopeni – 1 (Jean-Paul Yontcha 42′)