66
Edition
The Astra Chronicle
1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad1 Nov 2027
Bogdan Stanciu keeps Astra 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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Astra
Irakli Azarovi 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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Cristian Nita falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Squad Daniel Cicaldau out for 36 days
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Vlad Burca
- Match Astra and Universitatea Craiova take a point apiece
- Market Alexandru Bancu placed on the list