CFR Cluj take on the visitors Pyunik Yerevan in the second leg of round of 16 in UEFA Champions League qualification. First leg result: 0-0. The match will be played on Wednesday, July 13th at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu (Cluj-Napoca).
CFR Cluj continues to be among the leaders of Romanian football. "Railwaymen" in 2008-2012 took "gold" medals three times. Then there was a recession, but they managed to get out of it already in 2018, when we climbed back to the 1st place. That's all, since then no one has been able to move this team from the top, to take away its leader status. Including last season, 30 out of 40 matches in Ligue I were won. And now, three times in a row, they managed to break into the group stage of the European Cup. True, not in the Champions League - the last time they played there in the main autumn stage was back in 2012. But twice in a row, Dan Petrescu's wards played in the Europa League, and a year ago - in the Conference League. Now they want a breakthrough, but so far, in Yerevan, they have limited themselves to 0-0.
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Pyunik again took the "gold" in the Armenian championship. The "Academy" as a whole refers to the leaders of Armenian football. And in the spring, it turned out to get the 15th championship title. And at the same time, it became the first such success since 2015. Good results for a young mentor, Yeghishe Melikyan, who first played for a long time and then started coaching in Ukraine, with various clubs and not much success. At home, he took the main trophy almost immediately. And this allowed them to return to European competition. The last time the Armenians took part in international tournaments, in the Europa League, was in the summer of 2019. Then Pyunik was able to pass Jablonec, but after that there were meetings against Wolverhampton, and the ambitious English then won twice 4-0. By the way, the hosts didn't score in Yerevan either, defending the final score 0-0 not without difficulty.
A goalless draw in Armenia a week ago was only the first match between CFR (Cluj) and Pyunik. Which is not surprising, given how modestly the club from Yerevan had performed before. CFR are stronger than Pyunik in all respects. We bet on the hosts to win in Cluj with a handicap of "-1.5 goals" in front of home crowd.
Prediction for the match: CFR Cluj to win with -1.5 handicap.
