Ciprian Coman

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Marked for Ciprian Coman

228 Edition

The UTA Arad Gazette

9 Dec 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad9 Dec 2030

A knee injury of the worst kind for Ciprian Coman

15 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. UTA Arad lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match4 Dec 2030

UTA Arad march on in the cup

Petrolul Ploiești are out and UTA Arad go through, 3‑2 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match4 Dec 2030

Cruel end for Petrolul Ploiești as UTA Arad pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. UTA Arad scored in the 117th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Market9 Dec 2030

Francis Chinedu Echue has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around UTA Arad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad9 Dec 2030

Rareş Pop falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match7 Dec 2030

A bad afternoon for UTA Arad against FCSB

1‑2 to FCSB, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings9 Dec 2030

One of those days for Wisdom Samuel

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad9 Dec 2030

Cédric Makutungu is slowing down

At 33, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.

Squad9 Dec 2030

A falling-out at UTA Arad

Dmitry Sadov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

Back issues
227 Edition

The UTA Arad Gazette

2 Dec 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad2 Dec 2030

Ciprian Coman damages knee ligaments — 24 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 24 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.

Market2 Dec 2030

Rareş Pop hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what UTA Arad can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout2 Dec 2030

Maël Massé says UTA Arad went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings2 Dec 2030

Both jobs done by Saba Samushia — 7.59

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 17 actions, 7.59, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

Market2 Dec 2030

Mario Salka is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at UTA Arad is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad2 Dec 2030

A falling-out at UTA Arad

Dušan Pavlović and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad2 Dec 2030

A row about effort at UTA Arad

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Saba Samushia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match30 Nov 2030

Andrei Toroc’s goal not enough for UTA Arad

Andrei Toroc scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to CFR Cluj, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The terraces2 Dec 2030

UTA Arad supporters have found a favourite in Andrei Toroc

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Andrei Toroc 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.

In brief