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The likely teams
CFR Cluj: Sava-Mogosti, Boben, Kresic, Camaro-Muhar, Artean, Tachtsidis-Deac, Bîrligea, Korenica
Absent: Ilie, Postolachi (injured)
Coach: Dan Petrescu
Maccabi Petah Tikva: Wolff – Dezent, Karo, Galabov, Hendy, Cohen – Hazan, Yehoshuha, Glezer – Mahamid, Stor
Coach: Dan Roman
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu (Cluj-Napoca)
Referee: Tamas Bognar / Assistants: Balazs Buzas, Peter Kobo
Referee VAR: Gergo Bogar / Assistant VAR: Eszter Urban
The original news.
The match between CFR Cluj and Maccabi Petah Tikva in the second leg of the third preliminary round of the Conference League is Live Video Online from 20:00 on www.prosport.ro and on TV on DigiSport 1 and PrimaSport 1.
The Transylvanian team prevailed 1-0 in the first leg played in Bulgaria, and Dan Petrescu doesn’t even think of missing out on qualifying for the play-off of the competition.
CFR Cluj – Maccabi Petah Tikva Live Video Online in the second leg of the third preliminary round of the Conference League
CFR Cluj is rated as the favorite for the qualification, after the away victory, and the Transylvanians hope to solve the access to the play-off early.
Dan Petrescu’s students also have excellent morale after the exciting victory in the last stage in Supelrigă, score 3-0 against Unirea Slobozia, after the successes of Louis Munteanu and Adrian Păun.
If it qualifies further, CFR Cluj will meet the winner of the Pafos – CSKA Sofia 1948 double in the play-off (in the round, the Bulgarians won at home with 2-1).
Big problems for Dan Petrescu. Two players could be missing from the starting line-up
Dan Petrescu faces big problems related to the composition of the starting formula against Maccabi Petah Tikva. Central defender Matei Ilie and striker Virgil Postolachi, transferred this summer from Grenoble, are injured and will be absent this evening in Gruia.
If the first was the right holder in the team, Postolachi is currently the fourth option for the position of central attacker, after Bîrligea, Munteanu and Michael.
And these are not the only medical problems. Midfielder Karlo Muhar is uncertain after not training with his teammates this week. “No one sees that we changed 10 players. As I let a player play two matches in a row I made a mistake. I am still paying for that mistake.
Ilia has not recovered even now. Two weeks left. I wanted to win. The interest at this time is Europe. I suffered a little in the championship. I hope I didn’t sacrifice the championship for nothing. Postolachi is injured and there are still some problems.
There are other players who felt something in training. There are problems in the defensive system. We wanted eight players but we have six. If something happens to someone else, it’s not good for us,” said Dan Petrescu.
President’s warning. “It’s dangerous to think we’ve already qualified”
Cristi Balaj, the president of CFR Cluj, believes that the team coached by Dan Petrescu is superior in value to its opponentbut this shouldn’t make Deac and company “sleep on their backs” and think that the qualification is already settled.
“We are focused, I don’t have very big emotions. I think we are the better team. I’m sorry that we didn’t finish the qualification in the first half in which we had many scoring opportunities. We hope to have the same evolution and then the question of qualification does not arise.
It is dangerous to think that we have already qualified, because we have an opponent who has certain strengths. We are the stronger club”, said Cristi Balaj at Fans.
The likely teams
CFR Cluj: Sava-Mogosti, Boben, Kresic, Camaro-Muhar, Artean, Tachtsidis-Deac, Bîrligea, Korenica
Absent: Ilie, Postolachi (injured)
Coach: Dan Petrescu
Maccabi Petah Tikva: Wolff – Dezent, Karo, Galabov, Hendy, Cohen – Hazan, Yehoshuha, Glezer – Mahamid, Stor
Coach: Dan Roman
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu (Cluj-Napoca)
Referee: Tamas Bognar / Assistants: Balazs Buzas, Peter Kobo
Referee VAR: Gergo Bogar / Assistant VAR: Eszter Urban
Source: www.prosport.ro