CFR Cluj demolishes Rapid Bucuresti 4-1 with 3 goals from D. Bîrligea. HIGHLIGHTS

BUCUREşTI. CFR Cluj had a comfortable win over Rapid Bucuresti. The hero of the match was D. Bîrligea who scored in the 4th, 8th and 36th minute.

John Ross

April 7, 2024

BUCUREşTI. CFR Cluj had a smooth win over Rapid Bucuresti. The hero of the match was D. Bîrligea who scored in the 4th, 8th and 36th minute. CFR Cluj was just to good to grab a decisive 4-0 lead with Daniel Bîrligea (4′), Daniel Bîrligea (8′), Daniel Bîrligea (36′) and Cristian Manea (45′). Rapid Bucuresti reduced the distance with a goal (81′) by Albion Rrahmani, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Stadionul Valentin Stănescu stadium in Bucureşti on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Radu Petrescu who had the assistance of George Florin Neacșu and Daniel Mitruți. The 4th official was Ovidiu Robu. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 20.42 degrees Celsius or 68.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.

Match Statistics

Rapid Bucuresti

1 - 4

CFR Cluj

54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

23 Total 10
7 On Target 6
7 Off Target 2
9 Shots blocked 2

85 Attack 74
68 Dangerous attack 50
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 4
3 Off Sides 1

Fouls

7 Total 14
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Rapid Bucuresti was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. CFR Cluj that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rapid Bucuresti had a more offensive attitude with 68 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, CFR Cluj was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.

Rapid Bucuresti shot 23 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, CFR Cluj shot 10 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Rapid Bucuresti received 1 yellow card (Răzvan Oaidă). Regarding the opposition, CFR Cluj received 3 yellow cards (Kader Keita, Karlo Muhar and Cristian Manea).

Match Timeline

Daniel Bîrligea(goal)Ciprian Deac

22'

Durel Avounou(VAR_CARD)

35'

Kader Keita- Yellow

36'

Daniel Bîrligea(goal)Durel Avounou

45'

Cristian Manea(goal)Philip Otele

A. Borza- sub ->R. Bădescu

46'

Răzvan Oaidă- sub ->Damjan Djokovic

46'

Claudiu Petrila- sub ->Jayson Papeau

46'

48'

Karlo Muhar- Yellow

Răzvan Oaidă- Yellow

54'

58'

Cristian Manea- Yellow

Ermal Krasniqi- sub ->Funsho Bamgboye

63'

Florent Hasani- sub ->Borisav Burmaz

70'

73'

Omar El Kaddouri- sub ->Durel Avounou

73'

Peter Michael- sub ->Daniel Bîrligea

79'

Alan Aussi- sub ->Cristian Manea

Albion Rrahmani(goal)

81'

Albion Rrahmani(VAR)

83'

86'

Mário Camora - sub ->Aly Abeid

86'

Valentin Serebe- sub ->Philip Otele

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

FCSB

CFR Cluj

Universitatea Craiova

After this encounter, Rapid Bucuresti stays with 28 points like Voluntari to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, CFR Cluj will has 53 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

Rapid Bucuresti – Formation

Rapid Bucuresti

M. Aioani 16.Romania

6.3

Iulian Cristea 15.Romania

7.3

Christopher Braun 47.Germany

6.4

R. Bădescu 3.Romania

6.4

46'

Cristian Săpunaru 22.Romania

6.3

Damjan Djokovic 88.Croatia

6.3

46'

Jayson Papeau 96.France

7.0

46'

Alexandru Albu 23.Romania

7.3

Funsho Bamgboye 7.Nigeria

7.0

63'

Albion Rrahmani 9.Kosovo

7.9

81'

Borisav Burmaz 11.Serbia

7.1

70'

Substitutes

Virgil Drăghia 90.Romania

Paul Iacob 6.Romania

A. Borza 24.Romania

7.0

46'

Răzvan Onea 19.Romania

Dragoș Grigore 21.Romania

Jakub Hromada 14.Slovakia

Xian Emmers 25.Belgium

Răzvan Oaidă 26.Romania

7.1

46'

54'

Claudiu Petrila 27.Romania

7.7

46'

Cătălin Cîrjan 80.Romania

Florent Hasani 8.Kosovo

7.0

70'

Ermal Krasniqi 77.Kosovo

6.8

63'

Rapid Bucuresti adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Cristiano Bergodi decided to play with the following team: M. Aioani (6.3), Christopher Braun (6.4), Iulian Cristea (7.3), Cristian Săpunaru (6.3), R. Bădescu (6.4), Alexandru Albu (7.3), Damjan Djokovic (6.3), Jayson Papeau (7.0), Funsho Bamgboye (7.0), Albion Rrahmani (7.9) and Borisav Burmaz (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Paul Iacob, Florent Hasani (7.0), Jakub Hromada, A. Borza (7.0), Răzvan Onea, Dragoș Grigore, Xian Emmers , Răzvan Oaidă (7.1), Claudiu Petrila (7.7), Ermal Krasniqi (6.8), Cătălin Cîrjan and Virgil Drăghia.

Substitutions

Rapid Bucuresti made 5 changes: R. Bădescu for A. Borza (46′), Damjan Djokovic for Răzvan Oaidă (46′), Jayson Papeau for Claudiu Petrila (46′), Funsho Bamgboye for Ermal Krasniqi (63′) and Borisav Burmaz for Florent Hasani (70′).

Player of the match: Albion Rrahmani

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rapid Bucuresti was Albion Rrahmani.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 20 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 10.

CFR Cluj – Formation

CFR Cluj

R. Sava 90.Romania

7.5

Cristian Manea 4.Romania

7.3

79'

58'

45'

Vasile Mogoș 19.Romania

Matija Boben 42.Slovenia

6.7

Aly Abeid 3.Mauritania

7.5

86'

M. Ilie 27.Romania

7.0

Kader Keita 18.France

6.7

35'

Durel Avounou 29.Republic of the Congo

7.3

73'

Karlo Muhar 73.Croatia

6.4

48'

Ciprian Deac 10.Romania

8.7

Philip Otele 17.Nigeria

7.9

86'

Daniel Bîrligea 9.Romania

9.7

73'

4', 8', 36'

Substitutes

O. Hindrich 89.Romania

Mário Camora 45.Romania

6.8

86'

Alan Aussi 22.Ukraine

6.3

79'

Omar El Kaddouri 7.Morocco

6.6

73'

Robert Filip 8.Romania

Alin Fica 82.Romania

Peter Michael 99.Nigeria

6.4

73'

Valentin Serebe 14.

6.4

86'

Also CFR Cluj adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Adrian Mutu played with: Vasile Mogoș, R. Sava (7.5), Cristian Manea (7.3), Matija Boben (6.7), M. Ilie (7.0), Aly Abeid (7.5), Karlo Muhar (6.4), Kader Keita (6.7), Durel Avounou (7.3), Ciprian Deac (8.7) and Daniel Bîrligea (9.7), Philip Otele (7.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mário Camora (6.8), Peter Michael (6.4), Omar El Kaddouri (6.6), Robert Filip, Valentin Serebe (6.4), Alan Aussi (6.3), Alin Fica, M. Răcășan, Alexandru Radu, O. Hindrich and Mathys Angely.

CFR Cluj could not rely on the presence of Peter Michael (injured) and Alan Aussi (injured).

Substitutions

CFR Cluj made 5 changes: Durel Avounou for Omar El Kaddouri (73′), Daniel Bîrligea for Peter Michael (73′), Cristian Manea for Alan Aussi (79′), Aly Abeid for Mário Camora (86′) and Philip Otele for Valentin Serebe (86′).