In the Romanian top league, FC Timisoara forward Gheorghe Bucur had a hat-trick in his side’s 6:2 drubbing of No. 9 Gaz Metan and boosted his score to 106.23 points, elbowing aside Fiorentina's more established Romanian star Adrian Mutu (104.27 points) to take the top spot in the FTBL ranking of Romanian players.

Bucur earned 29.08 rating points in our system and now has a chance to consolidate his lead: his plank to beat in the next 3 games will be a little more than 10 rating points, and in the Europa League game his plank to beat will amount to a single point.