The Astra Chronicle
Match7 Sep 2026
Every point is an argument now for Astra
Position 10 and 5 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Paul Dragusin 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.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nothing got past Cristian Dragusin
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Astra lose Ciprian Iancu
83 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Astra
Cosmin Ratiu 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Botosani take the points off Astra
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Felipe Fernández
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Marius Nita
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marius Nita, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The armband comes off Razvan Stanciu
Astra will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
In brief
- Player ratings The one thing Bogdan Tanase could not do
- Player ratings The one thing Bogdan Balasa could not do
- Market The Bogdan Tanase talk will not go away