The Viitorul Sentinel
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Bogdan Burca runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 43. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match15 Aug 2026
A 2-goal lead gone for Viitorul
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. CFR Cluj kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Viitorul will be asked about the last half hour all week.
Market17 Aug 2026
Viitorul say no — this time
The offer from FCSB for Cosmin Keseru was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Bogdan Nedelcearu scores twice — 8.67
Two goals and a mark of 8.67 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Viitorul
Dragos Iancu 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Cosmin Keseru
“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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Viitorul supporters have found a favourite in Bogdan Nedelcearu
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Bogdan Nedelcearu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Viitorul training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cristian Nedelcearu 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Viitorul and CFR Cluj take a point apiece
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
In brief
- Squad Daniel Mitrita signs on for more
- Market Ciprian Cicaldau told to find a new club
- Market Agenor brings the grey hairs Viitorul lacked