CFR Cluj prevailed with great emotions, with a goal scored in the last seconds, score 2-1, in the match with Sepsi and climbed to second place in the play-off ranking.
Immediately after the match, Mario Camora revealed that Nelu Varga convinced him to sign Dan Petrescu, and the coach will take over CFR Cluj starting this week.
“Honestly, I haven’t talked to Dan Petrescu lately. All I know is that he has already signed, we hope he will help us, we hope to fight for the title next season, we hope to win the championship” said Mario Camora.
Although, initially, the CFR management and Dan Petrescu would have agreed that the coach would take over the team’s technical bench only in the summer, now, Nelu Varga’s plans would have changed radically. The financier of Transylvania fears that his team may miss the qualification for the next season of the European Cups.
Thus, Dan Petrescu will return to the technical bench of the CFR as early as this spring. The coach’s first match upon returning to Cluj will be on Easter, on May 5, against Rapid.
Dismissed from South Korea, from Jeonbuk, the coach would have signed a contract for three seasons and will take over CFR Cluj starting today.
Dan Petrescu returns for the fourth time to the CFR bench. In the previous mandates at the Transylvanian group, the coach won four titles in the Super League, in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022.
CFR Cluj – Sepsi 2-1
CFR Cluj defeated Sepsi OSK, on Sunday evening, at home, score 2-1, in the seventh stage of the Superliga play-off. Covasnen had two players eliminated from the first half.
The first half of the match in Gruia was one with many events. The hosts opened the scoring in the 6th minute, through Karlo Muhar, who scored from Deac’s cross. In the 19th minute, referee Marcel Bîrsan awarded a penalty for the guests, and Alimi converted, equalizing the situation on the table.
In the 21st minute, Adrian Oroian was sent off after receiving his second yellow card in just seven minutes, but Sepsi were down to eight players in the 45th+2nd minute, when Florin Ştefan was sent off with a straight red card.
With two extra players, Cluj failed to score, although Otele hit the crossbar in the 57th minute, followed by Bîrligea in the 84th minute. The hosts scored the winning goal in the 90th+6th minute, through Muhar, and the final score was 2 -1. CFR Cluj is in 2nd place, with 37 points, while Sepsi has 28 points and is in 6th place.
- CFR CLUJ: R. Sava – Mogoş, Boben, Kresic (El Kaddouri 72), Camora (Aly Abeid 78) – Muhar, K. Keita (Avounou 46), Tachtsidis – Deac, P. Michael (Bîrligea 62), Fică (Otele 46). COACH: Francisc Dican
- SEPSIS: Niczuly – Oroian, D. Ciobotariu, Ninaj, A. Dumitrescu – M. Ştefănescu (Debeljuh 63), Alimi, Kallaku (Aganovic 63), Fl. Ştefan – Safranko, K. Varga (Popşa 63; R. Varga 78). COACH: Bernd Storck
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