The Pandurii Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
Denys Tvardovskyi keeps Pandurii in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market17 Aug 2026
Astra come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Pandurii did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Pandurii
Paul Deac was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Cosmin Ratiu in the eights
A performance of 8.69 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ciprian Mitrita
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ciprian Keseru runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match15 Aug 2026
Alexandru Coman rescues a point for Pandurii
It needed Alexandru Coman to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Voluntari, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Cosmin Ratiu finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Pandurii have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market17 Aug 2026
Andrei Iancu is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Pandurii has been clear about where Andrei Iancu stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- Player ratings A day to forget for Florin Balasa
- Market Pandurii borrow Narcis Ilaş
- Market The shop window has Ionut Moldovan in it