Scouting Romania

• Gaz Metan Medias – Rapid Bucharest

Tricky match for Rapid, who managed to put behind the 2-3 loss against Dinamo with a 2-0 win at home, against Gloria Bistrita, but they’re facing one of the best organized teams in the league, who’s yet to be defeated and sits comfortably in third place. The problem for Gaz Metan is the depth of the squad and I am quite sure that losing Todea (central midfielder, suspended), Buchta (keeper, injured) Markovic (central/left defender, injured) will affect the team’s performance. All are top players and cover defensive positions, so I expect Rapid to take advantage of this, as they will only miss left winger Cesinha and have a good, offensive team, even though forwards Sburlea, Cassio and Raduta struggled to deliver upfront. We should see a defensive looking home team, which will sit back and try and strike on counters, through a very quick and skilfull offensive quartet: Parvulescu – Eric – Munteanu – Aganovic. Read more…