Steaua Stuns Corvinul at Ghencea: Red-Blues Extend Unbeaten Streak in Thrilling Matchup
A perfect night for The star in tonight’s match with the holder of the Romanian Cup, Corvinul Hunedoara. The derby in Ghencea ended 3-0 to the red-blues who played their best game this season Liga 2write Goool.ro
Steaua opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Răsdan penetrates to the right, passes an opposing defender, sends in front of the goal, at half height, and the ball is deflected by Lica into his own goal.
Two great chances for both teams in the 19th minute. A ball sent into the box, on foot, by Hunedoreni, is refused with difficulty by Franculescu, and on the other hand, Nedelea receives a ball on the edge of the big box, free, but shoots well over the goal.
A great chance for Steaua to increase their advantage. Matei recovers a ball, sends it on foot into the box, Chipirliu follows it and manages to push it from the slide, but Lefter refuses to the side. The ball bounces to Răsdan who sends a shot into the short corner, but the Hwnedorian goalkeeper is at his post and refuses.
The blues scored again in the 27th minute. Nedelea executes an excellent free kick from the right corner of the big box, Lefter is 4-5 meters out of the goal and can’t do anything!
In the 33rd minute, Franculescu has a nice save on a corner kick and boxes away from his own box, outside the edge. He also has a similar interference three minutes later and rejects the ball in front of a Hunedorian forward.
Four minutes before the end of the half, Franculescu is back at the post. From Huedoren’s corner, the ball goes to Cărăruș, who sends it to the goal posts, and the goalkeeper of the “military” is at his post and pulls the ball out of the net.
The second half starts with 3-0 to Steaua. Junior David Matei crosses perfectly in the box, Nacho Heras reaches the ball first, right between the opposing defenders and pushes it into the goal!
Corvinul comes into the game and starts to be more present in the half of the field, but without being too dangerous. Pîrvulescu, in the 53rd minute and Lehaire in the 62nd minute send shots towards the goal, but without impact on the scoreboard.
In the 68th minute, the referee does not award a penalty to the red-blue team! Dani Iglesias picks up a ball on the line of the box and almost at the same time Manolache trips him, but Avram shoots the free kick from the edge of the box.
This is implemented weakly by Chipirliu, in the wall, the ball bounces to Rober Sierra, but the Spaniard’s shot, from over 25 meters, is rejected by the white-blue defence.
The game could end 4-0, but in the 90th + 1st minute, the shot of the Spanish Sierra from an excellent position, about 17 meters, centrally, goes a meter over the crossbar.
With this decisive victory, Steaua consolidates its second place in the standings (26 points, six above the 3rd place) and remains unbeaten after 12 legs this season and 18 consecutive championship matches .
| STEAUA Bucharest | CORVINUL Hunedoara |
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