The Viitorul Sentinel
Squad24 Jul 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ianis Iancu
91 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Viitorul lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Marius Stanciu is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Marius Deac 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 Viitorul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Zoran Mitrov has improved at 26, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
Graduation day at Viitorul
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match22 Jul 2028
A bad afternoon for Viitorul against Pandurii
1‑2 to Pandurii, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market24 Jul 2028
Viitorul promote Daniel Cicaldau from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Cicaldau has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market24 Jul 2028
One of our own: Ionut Mitrita joins the Viitorul first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ionut Mitrita is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Jul 2028
Viitorul promote Daniel Dragusin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Dragusin has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Claudiu Ratiu joins the Viitorul first team
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Marius Deac
- Player ratings Zoran Mitrov runs at them all day