The Chindia Târgoviște Sentinel
Squad2 Nov 2026
The knee: Marian Aioani out for 115 days
115 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Chindia Târgoviște lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Chindia Târgoviște
Radu Negru 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Alvin Arrondel signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alvin Arrondel commits to Chindia Târgoviște for another 2 years.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Alexi Pitu 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.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 151% of everything Chindia Târgoviște earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market2 Nov 2026
Talks stall between Chindia Târgoviște and Răzvan Oaidă
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Radu Negru takes the honours
Marked 7.17 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Chindia Târgoviște had the best player on the pitch.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Ionut Marin chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Iulian Roşu
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Player ratings Albert Hofman was unplayable
- Match No goals between Chindia Târgoviște and Sepsi OSK
- Looking ahead Daniel Florea faces his old club