The Pandurii Chronicle
Match1 Aug 2026
Pandurii throw away a 3-goal lead
3 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Petrolul the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Pandurii will enjoy reviewing.
Market3 Aug 2026
Viktoria Plzen 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A chastening introduction for Marius Ratiu — 5.79
It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.79 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Pandurii training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cosmin Balasa 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ianis Marin stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ianis Marin and Pandurii agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Pandurii
Ionut 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Marius Ratiu
“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 ratings3 Aug 2026
Cosmin Balasa in the eights
A performance of 8.38 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Dragos Deac was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.38. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Match Pandurii share the spoils with Petrolul
- Market Nobody at Pandurii has picked up the phone to Ianis Marin
- Market Daniel Nita told to find a new club