VIDEO | Lighthouse – Sepsis 1-4. Unhappy Easter holidays for Hagi’s band

Sepsi OSK categorically won away, score 4-1, with Farul Constanţa, in the eighth stage of the play-off. Slovakian striker Pavol Safranko scored three goals.

The guests opened the scoring in the 2nd minute at Ovidiu, after Marius Ştefănescu opened Pavol Safranko perfectly and he scored past Buzbuchi.

Safranko scored again in the 23rd minute, taking advantage of a mistake by Dragoş Nedelcu. Safranko also established the score of the first half in the 34th minute. Until the end of the first half, the referee Cojocaru interrupted the match for almost three minutes, for xenophobic chants from the Farului gallery. On the pitch, the home team’s reply was almost non-existent, only Louis Munteanu sending it into the bar, in the 60th minute. Marius Ştefănescu also hit the bar, a minute later, so that in the 69th minute Cosmin Matei put an incredible 4-0 on the scoreboard .

Diogo Queiros sent a pass to his own goalkeeper, Marius Ştefănescu recovered the ball and passed to Cosmin Matei, who scored. The final result was established by Mihai Popescu, who scored the honorary goal of the hosts.

Sepsi won with a score that few people expected and is in 5th place, with 31 points. The beacon rests on the results in the fight for second place. Hagi’s students have 35 points and occupy the 4th place, two points away from the teams in the 2nd and 3rd places, who have one game less.

VIDEO | Farul – Sepsi 1-4 (Popescu 90+3 / Safranko 2, 22, 33, Sepsi 68), live on Prima Sport 1! Starting teams:

• Lighthouse: Buzbuchi – M. Popescu, Larie, Boli, Kiki – Vînă, Nedelcu, Grameni (capt.) – Grigoryan, L. Munteanu, Rivaldinho
• Sepsis: Niczuly (capt.) – Renta, D. Ciobotariu, Ninaj, Dumitrescu – K. Varga, Alimi, C. Matei, Ştefănescu – Kallaku, Safranko

Minute 90+5: Final match! Sepsi wins 4-1.

Minute 90+3: GOL Farul! Niczuly rejects a free kick in front, and Popescu is well placed and takes advantage.

68th minute: GOAL Sepsi! Cosmin Matei takes advantage of a huge error!

61st minute: Ştefănescu immediately gives the reply. Sepsi’s footballer also shoots at the crossbar.

60th minute: Munteanu enters the box and shoots at the crossbar.

58th minute: Benchaib looks for the short corner, but it goes wide.

Minute 45+8: Pause! Sepsi leads 3-0.

Minute 33: GOAL Sepsi! The defense of the hosts is surprised again, and Safranko pushes the ball from a few meters.

Minute 22: GOAL Sepsi! Safranko receives a ball as a gift from Nedelcu and beats Buzbuchi from the box for the second time.

Minute 6: Niczuly had Munteanu executed. Then, on the rebound, Gregorian fired into the side netting.

2nd minute: GOAL Sepsi! Safranko fakes the offside pass and scores from a solo position with the goalkeeper.

Minute 1: The game has started!

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Before this duel, Farul is in 4th place, with 35 points, only 2 “lengths” away from the teams in 2nd and 3rd place, Craiova University and CFR Cluj, respectively. Even though in the last stage they lost at the “Arena Naţională” against FCSB, Hagi’s team is in great form, with 4 wins, a draw and 2 failures in the play-offs.

On the other hand, Sepsi occupies the last place, with 28 points, and the chances of them catching the Superliga podium are slim. Covăsneni come to Constanța after 2 defeats and a draw in the last 3 stages.

The last confrontation between the two combatants ended in a tie, score 1-1.