Ghana's Godberg Cooper scores first league goal for UTA Arad against CFR Cluj

Published on: 22 July 2023

Godberg Barry Cooper scored his first goal for his new club UTA Arad in the Romanian Liga 1 on Friday. 

UTA Arad was beaten 3-1 by CFR Cluj at the Arena Francisc Neuman.

The head-to-head record for the teams before the game was UTA Arad one win, CFR Cluj three wins, and two draws.

Copper started the game and was substituted in the 52nd minute. He was replaced by Kyvon Leidsman.

Cooper opened the goal in the 27th minute, giving UTA the lead after finishing off a feed from Slovakian midfielder Andrej Fabry.

Two minutes later, Daniel Birligea, a Romania U21 international, equalized for Cluj-Napoca.

Catalin Carp, a UTA midfielder, scored an own goal to put Cluj ahead before the half.

Emmanuel Yeboah scored five minutes from time for the visitors after replacing Spanish attacker Jefte Betancor in the second half.

UTA Arad is 11th on the league table with one point after two games.

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