Now, Răzvan Lucescu, is the manager of Romanian national football team, but he used to train with great success Rapid Bucharest. More than that, Lucescu even played a full season for the club from Giulești. It is well known that Răzvan is a big supporter of Rapid and the fans of the club love him…
Tag: 2003
Rapid, revenge of the fallen
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…
Când românii au cucerit Turcia
În prezent, fotbalul din Turcia este în declin. De fapt marile forţe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş şi Fenerbahce, nu se mai regăsesc, în ciuda faptului că aici s-au transferat în ultimii ani mari nume ale fotbalului mondial. Dar nu este suficient, fiindcă indiferent de bugetul de transferuri pe care îl ai, nu poţi cumpăra valoarea. Sigur, fotbalişti…
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…