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Rapid thrashed Farul Constanta in a thrilling match
Bucharest, October 21, 2024. Rapid Bucharest triumphed over Farul Constanta with a resounding 5-0 victory in the 13th round of the Romanian Liga I. The match, played at the Superbet Arena-Giulești, was marked by the expulsion of one player from each team and by the large number of yellow cards.
Rapid started the match strongly and opened the scoring in the 13th minute with a goal by Andrei Borza, assisted by Cristian Petrila. Petrila, in turn, scored the second goal of the match in the 30th minute, this time with an assist from Thomas Christensen. Andrei Pascanu scored the third goal in the 40th minute, while Alexandru Dobre scored two goals in the 72nd and 90th minutes, the last of them with an assist from Cristian Micovschi.
Farul Constanta had few chances to score and suffered a setback in the 82nd minute with the expulsion of George Danuleasa, for a second yellow card. Additionally, the visiting team had a goal disallowed in the 64th minute for offside.
Rapid, on the other hand, finished the match with one man down after Jakub Hromada was sent off in the 90th minute. Despite the expulsion, the home team managed to control the match and secure an important win.
With this result, Rapid sits in second place in the Liga I, while Farul Constanta remains in fifth place.
Statistics:
* Possession: Rapid 54% – Farul Constanta 46%
* Shots: Rapid 15 (6 on target) – Farul Constanta 9 (0 on target)
* Corners: Rapid 6 – Farul Constanta 1
* Fouls: Rapid 15 – Farul Constanta 14
* Yellow cards: Rapid 5 – Farul Constanta 3
* Red cards: Rapid 1 – Farul Constanta 1
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Substitutions farul constanta: at minute 28 A. Stoian came in and D. Nedelcu went out., at minute 46 D. Sirbu came in and E. Radaslavescu went out., at minute 71 N. Popescu came in and C. Ganea went out., at minute 71 L. Basceanu came in and N. Grigoryan went out., at minute 81 G. Danuleasa came in and M. Balasa went out.
Substitutions rapid: at minute 43 C. Ignat came in and C. Sapunaru went out., at minute 66 A. Dobre came in and C. N’Jie went out., at minute 85 M. Kait came in and A. Pascanu went out., at minute 85 C. Micovschi came in and C. Petrila went out., at minute 85 C. Grameni came in and T. Christensen went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Rapid
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Farul Constanta
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