19:30 Rapid Bucharest – Concordia Chiajna

Very important match for FC Rapid Bucuresti today and there is no doubt, that the motivation of the home team will be on its highest level for the upcoming game against CS Concordia Chiajna.

The hosts made some good transfers during the break and have a lot more quality in the squad compared with the first half of the season, but won only eleven points from their previous nine games in 2015 (3-2-4 6-8) and failed to win a single point from the last three rounds, even though they showed good football against ASA Targu Mures (1-2 / home) and FC Dinamo Bucuresti (0-2 / away).

This, of course, led to some changes and Rapid will be with new manager for this match: 50-year-old Italian manager Cristiano Bergodi, who has big experience in this league with the teams of FC National Bucuresti, CFR Cluj, FC Rapid Bucuresti, FC Politehnica Iasi and FC Steaua Bucuresti.

FC Rapid Bucuresti is on 16th position in the Romanian Liga I (relegation zone), but three points from this match will reduce the gap between the hosts and the twelfth team in the standings to only three points and will revive their chances to avoid relegation at the end of the season.

CS Concordia Chiajna, on the other hand, is on 11th position in the standings, with four points advantage in front of the teams in the relegation zone (6-12-8 28-33), but the climate in this club is not so good after the dismissal of Marius Sumudica in the beginning of the month and his replacement with Marius Baciu, who is without experience of this level.

FC Rapid Bucuresti is a team with bigger potential than CS Concordia Chiajna and I think, that the hosts will manage to win three points in the debut of their new manager.

Nicolae Vasile (defender), Rui Miguel (midfielder) and Madalin Martin (striker / 1 goal) will miss this match for the home team, while the visitors will be without Wellington (striker / 4 goals).