The Pandurii Chronicle
Squad7 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Adrian Mitrita out for 136 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Pandurii will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match7 Sep 2026
Every point is an argument now for Pandurii
Position 9 and 4 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Alexandru Chiriches keeps Pandurii in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market7 Sep 2026
Universitatea Craiova 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.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 22 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Market7 Sep 2026
Stefan Bancu puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Pandurii, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match5 Sep 2026
Cosmin Mitrita’s goal not enough for Pandurii
Cosmin Mitrita scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to FCSB, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Pandurii
Javier Calle 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Roberto Moretti
“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.
In brief
- Player ratings Razvan Tanase runs at them all day
- Market The window shut and George Nita is still in the building