Oţelul Galati finished tied with CFR Cluj, 2-2 (1-1), on Tuesday evening, at home, in a match from the 28th stage of the football Superleague.
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The steel scored the first, through the goal scorer Alexandru Mihai Pop (36), from a free kick from near the corner of the big box, directly into the opposite link. The Cluj equalized just before the break, through the Nigerian Philip Otele (45), following a corner.
CFR took the lead at the end of the match, after the Greek Panagiotis Tachtsidis scored from the penalty (88), dictated for Costin Ghiocel's foul on Daniel Bîrligea.
The Galatians pulled the tie from the penalty spot (90+6), converted by the Italian Juri Cisotti, after a foul committed by Karlo Muhar on Răzvan Tănasă.
CFR has two wins and a draw in the last three stages.
Steel has two draws and one failure in the last three stages.
The score was even in the round, 0-0.
SC Otelul Galati – FC CFR 1907 Cluj 2-2 (1-1), Otelul Stadium – Galati
They scored: Alexandru Mihai Pop (36), Juri Cisotti (90+6 – penalty), respectively Philip Otele (45), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (88 – penalty).
Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete (Bucharest); assistant referees: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu (Bucharest), Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe (Suceava); fourth official: George Cătălin Găman (Craiova)
Video Referee: Viorel Nicusor Flueran (Craiova); video assistant referee: Claudiu Marcu (Constanța)
Observers: Andrei Ioniţă (Bucharest) – CCA, Marin Barbu (Bixad/Satu Mare) – LPF
Superliga 2023-2024, 28th stage
Tuesday
FC U Craiova 1948 – Poli Iasi 1-1
Dinamo – Hermannstadt 1-0
Oțelul Galati – CFR Cluj 2-2
Wednesday
Cluj University – Farul 18.30
Fast – UTA 21.00
Thursday
Botoșani – Sepsi 16.15
Petrolul – University of Craiova 18.30
Volunteers – FCSB 21.00
Ranking
1. FCSB 27 17 7 3 50-23 58
2. CFR Cluj 28 14 7 7 52-28 49
3. Fast 27 13 9 5 46-30 48
4. University of Craiova 27 11 9 7 41-34 42
5. Constanta Lighthouse 27 11 8 8 36-36 41
6. Hermannstadt 28 8 13 7 32-29 37
7. UTA 27 9 10 8 32-36 37
8. Oil 27 7 14 6 26-26 35
9. Cluj University 27 8 11 8 33-38 35
10. Sepsis 27 9 7 11 35-32 34
11. Galati Steel 28 6 15 7 29-31 33
12. FC U Craiova 1948 28 9 4 15 40-45 31
13. Poli Iasi 28 7 10 11 32-43 31
14. Volunteers 27 6 9 12 30-43 27
15. Dynamo 28 7 4 17 21-41 25
16. Botoșani 27 3 11 13 29-49 20
*Places 1-6 enter the play-off (round-trip, 10 stages in total).
*Places 7-16 will continue in the play-out (single leg, 9 stages in total).
*The 1st place in the play-off participates in the Champions League, and the 2nd and 3rd place in the play-off, in the Europa Conference League.
*The 3rd place in the play-off will play a play-off with the winner of the play-off between the 1st and 2nd places in the play-out for a place in the Europa Conference League.
*The 9th and 10th places in the play-out are directly relegated. The relegable places 7/8 in the play-out play a play-off with the places 3/4 in League 2.
