Sheriff lost the first two points of the season in Hâncești, being beaten by Petrocub 0-1. The only goal was scored by Alexandru Bejan in the 62nd minute, IPN reports.
Sheriff had won 15 consecutive victories until recently. ”We scored a deserved victory. I told my team that we should stop Sheriff,” said the coach of Petrocub Lilian Popescu. After this victory, Petrocub is six points behind Sheriff, which is to yet play against Sfântul Gheorghe.
The other matches of the 17th stage ended as follows: Dacia-Buiucani - Sfântul Gheorghe 0-4, Dinamo-Auto - Milsami 1-1 and Speranța - Codru 3-0. The last match of the 17th stage is played on November 2. FC Florești meets Zimbru.
