Corvinul Hunedoara secured a 0:1 victory over Botosani in the Romanian Cup Group Stage on Tuesday. The match took place on 2 September 2026 at Botosani's home ground. To be fair, the scoreline tells only part of the story.
E. Yeboah opened the scoring early, finding the net in the sixteenth minute. By then the home side was already under pressure. Yeboah added another in the seventeenth, though the final tally reads differently. The visitors held on through the second half.
The match saw several changes around the break. Botosani brought on R. Idowu, M. Bordeianu, and J. Markovic at the start of the second period. Corvinul responded with M. Kovtalyuk at the fifty-eighth minute. Yeboah was then replaced by A. Gillard and R. Deaconu at the sixty-second mark.
Discipline became a talking point as the game wore on. Yellow cards flew at the fifty-fourth, sixty-first, eighty-first, eighty-third, and eighty-seventh minutes. Botosani picked up one while Corvinul collected four. Things came to a head in the closing stages.
The statistics paint an even picture. Both sides held 50 per cent possession. Botosani registered 112 attacks with four shots on target, while Corvinul managed 119 attacks and two on target. Shots accuracy favored the hosts at 57 per cent to 33 per cent.
Corvinul now extend their unbeaten run with this result. The visitors had previously drawn 0:0 with Botosani on 10 August. This victory gives them momentum as the group stage progresses.
