The Astra Chronicle
Market19 Aug 2030
Ianis Maxim asks to leave Astra
“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.
Market19 Aug 2030
Ianis Maxim is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Astra is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad19 Aug 2030
Georgi Kostadinov 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 Astra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match17 Aug 2030
Astra get the job done against Petrolul
A 4‑2 win over Petrolul, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings19 Aug 2030
Marius Maxim in the eights
A performance of 8.95 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings19 Aug 2030
Sergiu Keseru in the eights
A performance of 8.90 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings19 Aug 2030
Alexandru Burca in the eights
A performance of 8.84 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad19 Aug 2030
The manager makes an example of Georgi Kostadinov
“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 ratings19 Aug 2030
One of those days for Marius Stanciu
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.50, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Squad Razvan Deac signs on for more
- Squad Sebastián Miño asks for a word with the manager
- Market The Andrei Man story refuses to die