The Viitorul Sentinel
Match26 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for Viitorul
10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Ionut Moldovan 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 Viitorul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match26 Sep 2026
Luis Caicedo’s goal not enough for Viitorul
Luis Caicedo scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to FCSB, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Marius Marin gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Dorin Tanase runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Alexandru Balasa knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alexandru Balasa trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The division's best last weekend was a Viitorul man
It is a small honour and it is not nothing: somebody watched every match in the division and decided that Stefan Tanase was the best thing in any of them.
Market28 Sep 2026
Viitorul add cover with Dodô
It is the least glamorous business a club does and the reason seasons do not collapse in February. Dodô is here for the weeks when three men are injured and somebody still has to play.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Luis Caicedo changes it off the bench
He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and Viitorul had a different afternoon.
In brief
- Player ratings Stefan Tanase ran the game
- Market Razvan Marin placed on the list
- Player ratings The referee tires of Ionut Mitrita