The Universitatea Craiova Herald
Squad26 Nov 2035
A knee injury of the worst kind for Siyabonga Ngezana
158 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Universitatea Craiova lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match21 Nov 2035
Universitatea Craiova march on in the cup
Dinamo Bucharest are out and Universitatea Craiova go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Squad26 Nov 2035
Pavlo Isenko keeps Universitatea Craiova in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market26 Nov 2035
Adrian Rus asks to leave Universitatea Craiova
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings26 Nov 2035
Tomáš Škubala shuts the door
Defensive actions: 27, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad26 Nov 2035
Alexey Larin: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Universitatea Craiova have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad26 Nov 2035
Kenneth Jaime wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Universitatea Craiova know it.
Player ratings26 Nov 2035
A defender's afternoon for Pedro Davide
Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings26 Nov 2035
One of those days for Alexey Larin
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.74, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Player ratings Germán Ibarra shuts the door
- Market The Răzvan Sava story refuses to die
- Market The clock does Kenneth Jaime’s negotiating for him