Matei Marin

Right Back - Olimpia Satu Mare
6 Feb 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Matei Marin

16 Edition

The Olimpia Satu Mare Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A falling-out at Olimpia Satu Mare

Gabriel Buta and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Olimpia Satu Mare

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Amine Ghazoini was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Nestorly Lumbu knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Olimpia Satu Mare, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Olimpia Satu Mare Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

8 matches without a win for Olimpia Satu Mare

The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Olimpia Satu Mare are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings

A defender's goal wins it for Olimpia Satu Mare — 7.44

1 for Cristian Licsandru, marked 7.44, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad

Gabriel Buta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Olimpia Satu Mare this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

A bad afternoon for Olimpia Satu Mare against Sepsi OSK

1‑2 to Sepsi OSK, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

No hiding place for Luca Banu

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luca Banu, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Ianis Burca answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad

Amine Ghazoini falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

Matei Marin is still paying for one afternoon at Olimpia Satu Mare

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Squad

Cristian Licsandru finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Olimpia Satu Mare have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief