The white-violets travel this weekend in Gorj County for the game with Pandurii Târgu Jiu, from the 19th stage of League 2. The head coach Dan Alexa highlighted that a victory on Saturday would ensure the place of the Politechnica in the play-off phase of the championship. “It’s a match like a season, I don’t want people to think it’s a match won in advance, that it’s an easy match. The Pandurs looked very good at Aerostar, they have the problems they have, but I understood that they are about to solve them. They have a very good first 11, with a lot of foreign players, but we are going to win. For us it is a decisive match. I said it, with 34 points we ensure our presence in the playoffs. It would be a shame if after a successful season so far, we could not “close” faster. Then we sit down, you know very well that we had to play with Turnu Măgurele, and finally a very difficult trip to Chiajna awaits us. We have to meet our goal on Saturday, “said Dan Alexa. Our team does not record absences for the next match. Yesterday, the goalkeeper Otto Hindrich defended in the first 45 minutes of the white draw in Arad between the U19 representatives of Romania and Serbia (friendly game). As of today, he has returned to the normal program of the Politechnica . “Otto has returned to the team, he is training, he is in the team for the Pandurii match. Fortunately, we don’t have group problems, we have the whole team fit and we go confidently to Târgu Jiu “, said the white-violet technician. The match of Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu – Politehnica Timişoara will be played on Saturday, March 13, at 11.00, on the “Municipal” stadium from Tg. Jiu, in the 19th stage of League 2. The white-violets occupy the 2nd place, with 31 points from 17 games played, while the Gorj team is on the 20th position, with eight points obtained from 16 games. The match is not televised, but will be broadcast on our club’s YouTube channel. As with the previous trip, our fans can secure a “virtual seat” in the bus and win one of the 10 Superfan packs offered by Superbet.

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