BUCHAREST, Oct 13 - Steaua Bucharest warmed up for
next week's Champions League game with Real Madrid by beating
CFR Cluj 4-2 on Friday.
The Romanian league match was played behind closed doors
after Steaua received a one-match stadium ban following crowd
trouble in last month's 1-0 derby defeat by Dinamo Bucharest.
Steaua fielded an experimental team with several players out
injured and coach Cosmin Olaroiu keen to rest others ahead of
the home game with Group E rivals Real on Tuesday.
Goals from Sorin Ghionea, Nicolae Dica and French striker
Cyril Thereau put Steaua 3-0 up.
Substitute Florin Dan pulled one back for Cluj with a
25-metre strike.
Dica, the league's top scorer, took his goal tally for the
season to nine when he converted a 75th-minute penalty before
Dan grabbed his second goal of the game with five minutes left.
Steaua are second in the Romanian league, six points behind
Dinamo who play their game in hand at home to Farul Constanta on
Saturday.