The Petrolul Courier
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Daniel Mitrita
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match3 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Petrolul
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Andrei Maxim signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andrei Maxim commits to Petrolul for another 1 years.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Daniel Balasa 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 Petrolul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match3 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Petrolul against Pandurii
1‑2 to Pandurii, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at Petrolul training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sergiu Hagi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Orlando Osorio
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Sergiu Hagi
- Player ratings The referee tires of Dragos Dragusin