The CFR Cluj Sentinel
Squad21 Sep 2026
A move Yannick Semedo would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Yannick Semedo is living that version at CFR Cluj, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at CFR Cluj
Sheriff Sinyan 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Bogdan Coman out for 20 days
The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Bogdan Coman, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Transfer targets21 Sep 2026
CFR Cluj rebuffed over Matúš Macík
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Slovan Bratislava have kept their man, and CFR Cluj go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Alibek Aliev runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Looking ahead21 Sep 2026
CFR Cluj and Pandurii meet at the summit
The fixture the rest of the division is looking forward to more than either of the sides in it. Both know a win changes the season and a defeat does not end it, which is what makes it hard to play.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A row about effort at CFR Cluj
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Adrian Păun was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Camora dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Ovidiu Hagi: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
In brief
- Match CFR Cluj and Botosani cancel each other out
- Market The Alibek Aliev story refuses to die
- Market CFR Cluj and Yannick Semedo are talking past each other