PBP: Pre-season Friendly 5 | Dinamo Bucharest v FC Barcelona | 11 August 2012 [R]

Saturday, the 11th of August 2012

| BARCELONA (CEST), 19:15 | BUCHAREST(EEST), 20:15 | LOS ANGELES (PDT), 10:15 | MONTREAL (EDT), 13:15 | LONDON (BST), 16:15 | MELBOURNE (EST), 3:15 (NEXT DAY)

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The National Stadium

Bucharest - Romania

The National Arena (Romanian: Arena Națională) is a football stadium in Bucharest, Romania, in the Lia Manoliu Sports Complex. The stadium will host the games of Romania's national football team, as well as the Romanian Cup Final and the Romanian Supercup. The 2012 UEFA Europa League Final was held at the new stadium. This was the first final of a European football club competition hosted by Romania.

The stadium is built on the site of the former National Stadium, which was completed in 1953. It is a UEFA Elite Stadium (Category 4).

Stadium Info | Satellite View

FC Dinamo București

Fotbal Club Dinamo Bucureşti, commonly known as Dinamo) is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest. Dinamo is one of the two most successful football teams in Romania, having won 18 Romanian Liga I titles, 13 Romanian Cups and 2 Romanian Supercups. They became the first Romanian team to reach theEuropean Champions' Cup semifinals in 1983-84.

Founded in 1948, Dinamo has spent its entire history in Liga I, the top league of Romanian football.

The team's traditional home colours are all red. The current crest is a modified version of the one adopted in the 1998. Dinamo Bucharest's home ground is the 15,032-seater Dinamo Stadiumin Bucharest's city centre, where it has played since 1951.

The club's biggest rivals are Steaua Bucureşti, and matches between the two teams are commonly referred to as "The Eternal Derby".

More Info | Club Website

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Romanian Culés

Gheorghe Geci Popescu

Gheorghe Geci Popescu (born 9 October 1967 in Calafat) is a retired Romanian football defender, former captain of FC Barcelona and key part of the Romania national team in the 1990s. He played for a string of European clubs in that period, including a four-year stint at PSV Eindhoven. His tactical knowledge as a defender made him valuable team member in top European competitions even until he reached his late-thirties. Beside from his defending skills, he was also capable of using the ball and starting attacks from deep. He is the brother-in-law of fellow Romanian international Gheorghe Hagi.

Gheorghe Hagi

Gheorghe Hagi (born 5 February 1965 in Săcele) is a former Romanian footballer. He was one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s and is considered the greatest Romanian footballer of all time. Galatasaray fans called him 'Commandante' (The Commander) and the Romanians called him 'Regele' (The King).

Nicknamed "The Maradona of the Carpathians", he is considered a hero in his homeland. He has won his country's "Player of the Year" award six times, and is regarded as one of the best football players of the 20th century.

He played for the Romanian national team in three World Cups in 1990, 1994 and 1998, as well as in three European Football Championshipsin 1984, 1996 and 2000. He won a total of 125 caps for Romania, being ranked second after Dorinel Munteanu, and scored 35 goals, being ranked first.

In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Romania by the Romanian Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. Hagi is one of the few footballers to have played for both the Spanish rival clubs Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

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Visca el Barça

Come on guys! Where is everyone! I have woken up at 3 AM for this

Gol de Messi!

Min 4: Bucharest 0 -1 Barcelona

I should have said, 'everyone else'! I guess it is just the two of us. I am excited by this game too just like every Barcelona match.

Beautiful work by Alba! He has excellent timing and pace arriving from the back of the midfield.

And epic interplay between Xavi, Messi and Cesc on that occasion!

Doesn't it seem like the defence is recovering their positions more quickly today, or is it just me?

Yes, we lacked sharpness. This half could have finished by 5 to 6 goals...

David Villa!

Messi subbed off for Rafinha.

Afellay finally scores! Beautiful pass from el Jeficito!