Leading football teams win overwhelming victories

The National Football Division leaders Sheriff Tiraspol and Dacia Chisinau scored overwhelming victories in the 23rd stage played on March 30, Info-Prim Neo reports. Sheriff easily defeated the lagging FC Costuleni 4-1. Burkina Faso striker Benjamin Balima, who is the championship’s top scorer with 17 goals, added one more goal to his score. Another player from this country, Adama Guira helped Dacia beat Academia UTM Chisinau 3-0. In an encounter a week ago, Dacia also won against Academia UTM. Dacia are two points behind Sheriff, but the situation can change on April 2, when the two rivals will meet in a direct match that can be decisive in the battle for the title. Zimbru Chisinau defeated Sf. Gheorghe Suruceni 2-0 and strengthened their third position in the rankings, while CSCA-Rapid Ghidighici, which is now trained by Romanian coach Ionel Ganea, beat Iskra-Stal Rabnitsa away 2-1. The other matches of the stage ended as follows: Milsami-Ursidos Orhei – Nistru Otaci 0-2, Olimpia Balti – FC Tiraspol 0-0. [National Division rankings after 23 stages played:] 1. Sheriff – 59 points 2. Dacia – 57 3. Zimbru – 42 4. Iskra-Stal – 34 5. Milsami – 31 6. Olimpia – 28 7. Nistru – 25 8. FC Tiraspol – 24 9. CSCA-Rapid – 23 10. Sf.Gheorghe – 19 11. Academia – 18 12. Costuleni – 12 The matches of the next stage were scheduled for April 2. FC Costuleni meet FC Tiraspol, Nistru – Olimpia, CSCA-Rapid - Milsami-Ursidos, Sf. Gheorghe - Iskra-Stal, Academia UTM – Zimbru, while Sheriff – Dacia.