The Petrolul Courier
Squad19 Oct 2026
Daniel Tanase takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Age has not caught Andrei Marin yet — 7.94
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.94 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Petrolul
Florin Mitrita 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
6 goals as Petrolul and Astra go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Petrolul and Astra, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Match17 Oct 2026
Petrolul see off Astra
Three points for Petrolul, 4‑2 the final word against Astra in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Halil Bağcı is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
The terraces19 Oct 2026
The crowd has taken to Willian Peixoto
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Nicusor Iancu
“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 Oct 2026
Ninety minutes of Daniel Tanase at his very best
Marked 8.44. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Petrolul.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Willian Peixoto
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Mihai Man
- The terraces The press have found their man in Daniel Tanase