March 31, 2025. Sports news round-up / last 24 hours

The derby between Dinamo and FCSB has polarized the attention in Romanian football, marking both spectacular moments on and off the pitch. At international level, Barcelona and Real Madrid continue their La Liga battle, while in tennis, Jaqueline Cristian is on the brink of a new trophy.

FOTBALL Domestic

• Dinamo/FCSB: FCSB won the derby against Dinamo 2-1, thanks to a spectacular goal scored by Baba Alhassan in the 85th minute of the match. The match generated a number of comments and analysis from football people. Gigi Becali criticized Târnovanu for the lightness with which he handled a phase, but also the striker Alexandru Băluță who, according to the owner, hides from the ball and refuses to play. With the win, FCSB moved to first place in the standings, level on points with Universitatea Craiova.
• Rapid Bucharest: The 1-2 defeat at home to Universitatea Craiova sparked a wave of reproaches from Rapid coach Marius Șumudică against referee Istvan Kovacs.
• UTA/Poli Iași: UTA was humiliated by Poli Iași being defeated 0-4 in Copou. The result and the team's play triggered the fury of Mircea Rednic, who blamed his players but, who considers himself the main culprit of the most drastic failure recorded by UTA since his arrival as head coach.
• CSA Steaua/FC Argeș: CSA Steaua were defeated in Ghencea by FC Argeș by the score of 1-2. The military were 0-2 down from the first 15 minutes.
• Rapid/Răzvan Lucescu: Răzvan Lucescu is the "secret plan" of Rapid's management to bring the title to Giulești. Shareholder Victor Anghelescu has not dismissed the idea of Rapid parting with Marius Șumudică at the end of this season and it seems that together with Dan Șucu they have already started looking for a new coach. Lucescu is very likely to leave PAOK at the end of the season after unsatisfactory results.

FOTBAL INTERNATIONAL

• Barcelona: Barcelona beat Girona 4-1 and Hansi Flick becomes the first coach in the Catalans' history under whom 139 goals have been scored in 45 consecutive matches. With the win, Barcelona move 3 points clear at the top of the standings ahead of main rivals Real Madrid.

Transfers

• Târnovanu: Ștefan Târnovanu is being courted by Galatasaray. The Turks have offered €4.5m for the champions' goalkeeper, but Gigi Becali claims there is no question of Târnovanu leaving for that amount.

TENIS

• Novak Djokovic: Novak Djokovic lost the Miami final to 19-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik. The tennis player defeated his idol in two sets, 7-6, 7-6, also taking advantage of the fatigue shown by Djokovic.
• Jaqueline Cristian: Jaqueline Cristian has qualified for the finals of the WTA 125 tournament in Mexico where she will face Czech Linda Fruhvirtova.
• Tiriac Open: The Tiriac Open, the ATP 250 tournament, will begin on Monday, March 31 in Bucharest with the main draw matches. Filip Jianu is the only Romanian on the main draw.

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