Stop! This is the perfect word for the general Romanian behavior from the last few days of June. Driven by only a few minutes, 19 million people rediscovered, without deserving, how it is to have a top sportsman: David Popovici. We like sport only when we see results, regardless of the sport type. A disgrace,…
World Cup 2022: we have all the qualified teams. Which are the favorites?
In mid June, the last three qualified teams to the World Cup 2022 were found out. Wales beat Ukraine, after the Ukrainians put out Scotland, Australia kicked out United Arab Emirates and Peru – at penalty kicks – and last, but not least Costa Rica beat New Zeeland to gain the last spot. Now, the…
Romania – Finland 1-0, Giulești: when a stadium wins you a game
Being a Romanian and being soooo familiar with everything that is happening in this country’s football, I was pretty sure that Romania – Finland will end up in a heavy defeat, for the Nordics. What I did really underestimate was the atmosphere from Giulești, the newly rebuilt Rapid’s stadium. This is the exact purpose for…
UEFA Champions League Final 2022: pure disgrace
I have written here a preview of the UEFA Champions League final 2022 which, coincidently, was played on Stade de France, a stadium on which I took part at a different sporting event only one month before. I am watching football less and less, because the quality of this sport doesn’t deserve my attention, but…
10 things you must do in Paris, that nobody knows about
10 things you must do in Paris, explained by me below! 😀 Liking to run and participate in sporting events in all Europe has more benefits than you think. I mean you manage to see a lot of new places, you end up having great experiences and can share these eternal memories with others. Today,…
Stade de France, the other perspective: Champions League final 2022, Liverpool – Real Madrid
Six weeks before the Champions League 2022 final, FC Liverpool – Real Madrid, I’ve stepped on Stade de France, Saint-Denis, for Spartan Stadion. The experience, here. Now, the big match is about to be played. Everybody expected to have a pure English final, but the proverbial luck of Real Madrid played, once more, a big…
How to deal with a marathon PB: Prague 2022
My story from the Prague Marathon 2022. Pain and happiness! From the beginning I’ve said to myself that I need to achieve a marathon at around 3:15 hours. My previous record, 3:31, was obtained with less effort, so I knew it was room for some improvement. Therefore, the very expected Prague Marathon 2022 which should…
Rapid Bucharest, 2021/2022 season – one year before the big celebration
OK, so the football season is over for Rapid Bucharest. Even though the fans hopped for a qualification in the Europe Conference League, a kind of Intertoto Cup, this never happened, after two brutally abnormal defeats in the last two matches, against FCU and CS Mioveni, two “umplutura” teams, as we say in Romania. Of…
Alexandru Corneschi, the making of an Olympic qualifying time
The sport in Romania is below sea level and when it comes to athletic it is below the ocean floor. Believe me. Something very clear was explained by Alexandru Corneschi in this article. I know, it is in Romanian, but you can always use Google translate, because the topics are the same in every country…
Aleksandr Sorokin, the king of long distance very fast running
How should it be to run 100 kilometers at a 3:39 minutes / kilometer pace…? Well, ask Aleksandr Sorokin, he just beat the world record in the 100 kilometer run. In slightly over 6 hours and 5 minutes, the Lithuanian trashed the former World Record. Not only did he do that, but he managed to…