As I grew up supporting Rapid, I was accustomed with the teams’ “almost performance”. Even if the club played very well since 2000 in the continental competitions the players did not managed to break through the superior stages. In 2000, on Giulești Stadium, FC Liverpool was arriving. They won 1-0 and despite Rapids’ efforts on…
Category: Football
Borussia Dortmund – analiza unei viitoare campioane
La cum joacă Borussia Dortmund, este imposibil să nu obțină campionatul la finalul sezonului 2010-2011. Ar fi primul după o lungă pauză de 9 ani și al șaptelea din istorie. Astfel, o va egala pe Schalke, la aceast capitol. Practic, oricine poate vedea cu ochiul liber că gruparea galben – neagră va ieși câștigătoare din…
Rapid Bucharest 2005-2006, a season for the history
Rapid Bucharest stunned an entire Europe with their performance from that year. In the 2004-2005 they finished third in the first league, place that gave them the opportunity to take part of next year’s UEFA Cup. After a year of non-participation in the continental competitions, they didn’t look like having too many chances to accede…
Ed de Goey, predecesorul lui Petr Cech
Ed de Goey, predecesorul lui Petr Cech. Chiar dacă avem impresia că Cech este de o viaţă în poarta lui Chelsea, trebuie ştiut că totul a început în 2004, când Petr avea doar 22 de ani. O vârstă fragedă pentru un portar, dar care pe el nu l-a împiedicat să devină titular de bază şi…
reth Bale: a new football star
Gareth Bale: a new football star. Barcelona has Messi, Real Madrid has Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United has Rooney. But this year, despite the individual performance of the first two and despite the performance of Spanish football, a man managed to shine on the soccer scene. Young Gareth Bale of Tottenham, became one of the…
Juliano Spadacio, the perfect player for Liga 1
Juliano Spadacio, the perfect player for Liga 1. All started in 2006. Rapid Bucureşti was playing in the first round of the UEFA Trophy. The opponent team was Nacional Madeira from Portugal. After a 1-0 home win, thanks to a goal by Viorel Moldovan, the Romanian team had serious problems to qualify. With only a…
Giulești stadium: oldie but (no more) goodie
Some facts about Giulești stadium. Rapid Bucureşti is the only football team from Romania that made performance in every decade since the early ‘30s. Such a team needed a stadium on its’ measure and so the “Giuleşti” ground was constructed in 1936. In fact, that year marked the start of the construction. The initiators were…
Cristian Săpunaru, the Romanian warrior
When you ask somebody about Romanian football, they might say that Chivu and Mutu are two good players. But people forgot about one of the most talented footballers, Cristian Săpunaru. He hasn’t Mutu’s dribling skills, neither Chivu’s elegant style of playing, but his strength and determination on the field, helped him to grab a five…
Alex Ioniță, show them who you are!
Alex Ioniţă, left Rapid Bucureşti, for FC Koln. Even tough he signed the contract a year ago, the German club permitted him to play at the Romanian team until the end of the 2009-2010 season. He remained there, but his form was never the same. Still, he scored 4 goals, from which two against Steaua…
Iker Casillas va avea un urmaș în poartă. Cine să fie?!
Cine e urmașul lui Casillas? Este cunoscut faptul că arareori un portar are şansa să debuteze la cel mai înalt nivel la o vârstă fragedă. Mulţi dintre goalkeeperii celebrii ai istoriei fotbalului, s-au consacrat când au ajuns aproape de 30 de ani sau chiar după ce au depăşit această barieră. Exemple sunt multiple: Kahn, Lehmann,…