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Romania – Hungary
Romania and Hungary will meet in one of the biggest rivalries of International football with the game taking plays Saturday night in Bucharest.
The hosts took home a great result from the first group game, beating favorites Greece 1-0 away despite playing almost a half with 10 men. Despite not having too much quality in the team, Romania looks pretty good right now, they are a disciplined, organized side under coach Victor Piturca and they have the game to also produce an offensive threat against lesser opponents. The defense however is the main asset for the home side.
Hungary appointed inexperienced manager Pal Dardai after a 1-2 home loss to Northern Ireland in the first group game and this will be Dardai`s first game in charge. The Hungarians are in a really bad spot right now, they lack quality and do not have too much tactical consistency either, the loss against Northern Ireland was not such a big surprise and honestly this side does not look able to challenge too many teams right now. Hungary`s defense is absolutely atrocious.
Team news & lineups
Romania has two major problems – they miss captain and main striker Marica and they do not have a single natural right-back in the squad. Hungary will be boosted by Szalai`s return to the national team.
Romania: Tătăruşanu – Chiricheş, Grigore, Goian, Raţ – Hoban, Pintilii – Torje, Sânmărtean, Tanase – Stancu
Hungary: Kiraly – Korcsmar, Kadar, Juhasz – Lovrencsics, Varga, Kalmar, Stieber, Dzsudzsak – Nikolic – Szalai
These two sides met one year ago at the same venue in the qualifications for World Cup 2014 and Romania had a very easy time, winning 3-0. Honestly I can`t see a different scenario this time around. The hosts might not be world beaters but they are a decent team, they play well at home and they meet a clearly inferior opponent which is in an obvious crisis. If Greece could not create goal scoring opportunities against Romania at home I doubt Hungary can do much today, while on the other end Romania should really score at least twice against a horrible Hungarian defense. I reckon it will be very important that Romania has stability on the bench, while Hungary will take the pitch with an inexperienced coach at his first match in charge. Fan support should also help the hosts, the atmosphere is expected to be very exciting.
All in all my tip is Romania to win and cover the 1 goal asian handicap, backing up the success in Greece. The handicap win will not be a walk in the park, that`s true, but as long as we don`t lose in case of a 1 goal Romania win, I reckon it`s a good bet considering the projected ROI. Odds are dropping on this bet and for good reason. Prediction: Romania – Hungary 2-0.
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