The Astra Chronicle
Squad14 Sep 2026
Claudiu Mihaila damages knee ligaments — 79 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 79 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match12 Sep 2026
Nowhere to hide for Astra
1‑4 against Pandurii, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Bogdan Iancu 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Dušan Cvetinović gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Astra training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Rodríguez 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.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Doors closed at Astra
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
Florin Mitrita wants to come home
“I did not go to FCSB to sit and watch. I want to come back to Astra and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near George Mihaila
Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market14 Sep 2026
The shop window has Andrei Coman in it
Astra have let the market know Andrei Coman can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Andrei Ratiu
- Market The market said no: Stefan Keseru stays put
- Player ratings Florin Man spends the afternoon fouling