Every point is as precious as possible but tonight, in the middle of the play-off phase in the III-a League, CSC Ghiroda and Giarmata Vii signed the most important victory in the valuable group I of Series 7, breaking away towards the end in Dolj, ranked second both after the regular season, then only two points behind Timișoara, and before this fifth round in zone 1-4, so that ACSO Filiaşi remained 6 points behind the cart: 1-3 (1-1).
Being on their third consecutive away trip, after the defeat at Drobeta Turnu Severin and the draw with many goals at Deva, the Banatians ended this “away” series well, distancing themselves in the last quarter of an hour of the outing in Oltenia, in a “6-point” meeting, given that the “blues” from Jiu approached the game from 3 points behind Sorin Bălu’s students, whom they could have equaled at the top in the event of a success.
They equalized at the end of the first quarter of an hour, through Robert Petre, after Răzvan Trandu had already opened the scoring in the first 5 minutes, but they could not face them in the end, the Doljeni captoring as they did on April 5 in Ghiroda, then with 4-0 in the second stage of the play-off, this time with 1-3 (1-1).
Given Friday’s victory of the youth team in Danube, with 3-2 (2-2) against Viitorului Şimian, from which the Hunedorians thus separated to 3 points, but, more significantly, they also came close to the leader by only two Banățean, CSC Ghiroda and Giarmata Vii were looking for a positive result in Dolj, precisely to “break” the hierarchy a little on the podium.
Which he succeeded, Dragoş Coroiu also taking the lead for Bălu’s students, at the entrance to the last quarter of an hour, advantage doubled in extra time by Ion Vasluian, who removed any doubts.
The leader being able to tackle the triple at home, in turn with those from Mehedinţi, Hunedoara and Dolj, at the shelter of no less than 6 points from the first occupant of a place without access to the semifinals of the promotion barrier, given that there are only 4 stages left to play, finally for Timișoara and away to ACS Viitorul Şimian, on May 18.
The Ghirozens did not mathematically ensure their presence at the dam, but they gradually came closer to this goal, taking a major step from 5 p.m. on “Orăşenescul” from Filiaşi, in a key direct meeting.
Approached by coach Sorin Bălu with Ciocan – Vasluian, Butnăraşu, Stupu, Bulza, Coroiu, Precup, Trandu, Jichici, Popa and the Manca captain, reserves at the start being Mosoarcă – Hecsko, Popovici, Cluci, Pop, Ilie, Miclău and Datcu .
In the light of today’s results from the western competitions, the leader of Series 8 winning also away, Politehnica – FC Bihor 0-1 (0-1) in Timişoara, again a possible semi-final between the white-violets from Bega and the neighbors from Ghiroda, these from the first place, which will reserve them the organization of the return of the second leg.
However, there are still 6 hours of football and 12 points accessible to each team, and the second part of the play-off phase, from May, remains to be seen. So far, however, the Girozens have really remained “on the schedule”, except for Drobeta Turnu Severin two stages ago, but all’s well when it ends well, compared to this intermediate string of 3 trips.
The locals from Filiaşi started with Gageatu – Florea, Mituleţu, Vîlcica, Dina, Stăiculescu, Durita, Rogoveanu – capt., Petre, Scuturoiu and Cioablă, reserves being Constantinescu, Dobre, Foresti, Armăşelu, Oprea, Vulpe, Guţă and Sorin respectively Alexandru Pope.
