The Petrolul Courier
The dugout29 Nov 2027
Cristian Costin: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Petrolul have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Karlo Muhar 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 Petrolul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Words at Petrolul training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adrian Rus 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.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
No hiding place for Luka Kukić
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luka Kukić, and the manager let it.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
Luka Kukić gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Luka Kukić is on it.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
Lorenzo Biliboc has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Lorenzo Biliboc has written the date down.
In brief
- Match Petrolul in the hunt for Europe
- Squad The selectors could not leave Karlo Muhar out
- Squad Alexandru Maxim is finding his feet at Petrolul