Thursday, September 23, 2010

Minerul Lupeni - Universitatea Craiova 0-5

First game in Romanian Football Cup brought the first categoric victory for Universitatea Craiova. It was a 5-0 without any question mark. Craiova made a good match and scored first in the 11th minute of the game by Gaman. In the 43rd minute of the game Ologu scored also, after a pass coming from Dorel Stoica.
In th second half, Craiova continued to play for show and made the audience to be happy. There were 6000 viewers who assisted this game. In 51st minute of the game, M. Roman scored too. And Gangioveanu scored twice in the minutes 63rd and 84th. Minerul Lupeni had only one shot to Lung's goal. No problems with it.
Our team: 21. S. Lung jr. - 2. Bărboianu, 7. V. Găman (cpt), 3. David Lopes, 6. M. Ciucă - 5. D. Stoica ('64 13.Dilevski) - 77. Wobay ('54 28.Gangioveanu), 8. Ologu, 23. Gargorov, 25. Firţulescu - 9. M. Costea ('46 92.M.Roman)

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Universitatea Craiova - Rapid Bucharest 1-1

Universitatea Craiova played last Friday against Rapid Bucharest.
Craiova calculated since start to attack and keep Rapid'a players away from the goal, while the team from Bucharest tried to surprise using fast and furious runs, with the balls thrown for the mobility of Herea behind the defenders line of Universitatea. In these circumstances, the midfielders had a lot of work to do.
In the first half Universitatea's game was based on the balls thrown in front by Iliev and Gaman trying to reach our strikers in good position. Thus, logically, the phases were hot consumed on the other gate, where Rapid quickly and easily arrived. First Cesinha, tried to score from the box, and after that, Spadacio executed a free-kick but Stanca saved in extremis
In the second half, Here was redcarded after an elbow kick against Gaman. In the next phase Barboianu was faulted at 17 m from Bornescu's goal and Wobay ('54) scored directly from this free kick. Craiova exulted. In the 62nd minute of the game, Dananae made a fault against Cassio in the box. M. Constantin scored from the granted penalty. And the game finished 1-1.
Our team: 1.Stanca - 18.Dananae, 7.Gaman, 4.Iliev ('59 6.Ciuca), 2.Barboianu - 5.Stoica - 77.Wobay, 30.Prepelita, 13.Dilevski ('71 23.Gargorov), 9.M. Costea ('87 92.M. Roman) - 20.Dina

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Pandurii Tg Jiu - Universitatea Craiova 3-1

Universitatea Craiova met Pandurii Tg Jiu in the 7th day of Romanian Football Championship. It was a really strange match. There were a lot of Craiova's fans waiting for our team to win this game. Actually Universitatea could win 3 days before the game because of some Profesional Football League decisions. But the players and almost all Universitatea Craiova's supporters wanted the game to play, not to be gained in the offices.
Targu Jiu si part of Oltenia, a region of Romania whose capital Craiova used to be. There is no doubt that Craiova has a lot of fans in Tg Jiu. Actually Universitatea has more supporters than the local team in this city. That is why nobody could even imagine this game could be lost. Unfortunately, the worst predictions turned into reality: Universitatea Craiova lost this game in a categoric manner. In the first minute of the match it was already 1-0 for Pandurii and they continued to score until 3-0 in the 53rd minute of the game. In the end of the game (88th minute), our favorite team scored after a head strike of Valentin Iliev who received a good pass from Gargorov. Let's hope for more in the next match against Rapid Bucharest, next Friday.
Our team: Lung - Dănănae, Găman, Iliev, Ciucă('56 Firtulescu) - Stoica ('66 Gargorov) - Wobay, Prepeliţă, Dilevski ('29 Dina), M. Costea - Al.Piţurcă

Monday, September 13, 2010

Walter Lopez Gasco signed for Craiova

Universitatea Craiova get the signature of Walter Lopez Gasco. He is coming from Uruguay and he used to play as left defender for Brescia Calcio in the last season. The Italian team started 20 games having Lopez in their squad and they also introduced him for 10 games after a switch.
This player gained 3 caps in Uruguay national football team. 
Other clubs for which he used to play: Racing Club Montevideo, Xerez (Spain), West Ham United (England) and Brescia Calcio (Italy). Let's wish him: "good luck!"

Friday, September 10, 2010

Craiova refused to win without play

Next game of Universitatea Craiova will be against Pandurii Targu Jiu. There were some problems before this match, because of the team from Targu Jiu. They sold Ilie Iordache, a former football player of this team, in Greece. But the player was co-owned with Dinamo Bucharest. Dinamo Bucharest asked their share in this transaction and because Targu Jiu could not pay the money, their team was excluded from Romanian Football Championship. Because of this Universitatea Craiova could register a victory with 3-0 in the official statistics.
Taking in consideration all the facts, Universitatea Craiova's fans refused to win without fight. 99% of them did not agree with such a victory without honor. "We better lose playing the game", was fan's opinion. This is the spirit of Universitatea Craiova. Our team won Romanian Championship only 4 times since 1948, but they fought hard and really deserved to win them. 
After all those replays and after such a big fan support, Pandurii Targu Jiu found a way to get an agreement with Dinamo Bucharest. As initially, the game will be played next Monday at 20:00 local time. Good luck, Craiova!
On the other hand, Universitatea Craiova is still in contract for sports wear with German provider Adidas. This well known sport wear and sport shoes producer, has already 4 years of good partnership with our team. It is good to mention that Universitatea Craiova had all of this team important performances wearing Adidas products.

Monday, September 06, 2010

Universitatea Craiova - Triumf Barca 4-0

Universitatea Craiova played a friendly game against Triumf Barca (Romanian 3rd football league) and won by a score of 4-0. This test game was closed for audience and it was a good opportunity for Dorel Stoica and Razvan Stanca to know better their new colleagues.
The goals were scored by Gargorov '24, David Lopes '50, Mihai Roman '72 and Prepelita '90.
Victor Piturca also tested in this game the midfielder Peter Lucian Gogea (19 years old) comming from CSM Rm Valcea.
Our team: Hotoboc - Buleica, I. Popescu, Lopes, Buşu - Dilevski - Wobay, Gargorov, J. Nicolae
Gogea - M. Roman.
In the second half: R. Stanca - Buleica, Iliev, Lopes, Ciuca - D. Stoica - Wobay (Roman '70)
Prepelita, Dina, Gargorov - Piturca Jr.
Dănănae, Stoianof and Gângioveanu are injured, Lung jr, Gaman, Barboianu, M. Costea and Firtulescu are playing in this period for Romanian U21 National Football Team.