Romania's third tier has five separate divisions, which feed into one second tier league. This means that to get promoted is a real challenge as only the top team in each of the five divisions go up (it also makes it very difficult to stay up as five come down and obviously playing the 15th-34th best teams in the country is significantly harder than playing teams that range from 35th-114th.)
In the past two seasons my local team FK Csikszereda has finished second - by two points and by one point. This year after cup heroics (reaching the quarter finals of the Romanian Cup and beating Dinamo on the way), things were looking like they might end up the same. They have been second much of the year and yesterday they played away to the team who are top. Lose, and the season would be over for another year (it would have meant a gap of 6 points). A draw might just about have kept hopes alive, but they really needed to win. Which they did, 4-2.
The two teams are now level on points far ahead of the pack. There are 7 games left to play, and it's quite conceivable that both could win all 7 and it be down to GD. I have the feeling they are just going to come up short again.
Highlights from yesterday, showing the nicely situated ground in the north east of Romania.
In the past two seasons my local team FK Csikszereda has finished second - by two points and by one point. This year after cup heroics (reaching the quarter finals of the Romanian Cup and beating Dinamo on the way), things were looking like they might end up the same. They have been second much of the year and yesterday they played away to the team who are top. Lose, and the season would be over for another year (it would have meant a gap of 6 points). A draw might just about have kept hopes alive, but they really needed to win. Which they did, 4-2.
The two teams are now level on points far ahead of the pack. There are 7 games left to play, and it's quite conceivable that both could win all 7 and it be down to GD. I have the feeling they are just going to come up short again.
Highlights from yesterday, showing the nicely situated ground in the north east of Romania.
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