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…
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Giulești Stadium – the complete history
On 26th of March 2022 the new built Giulești Stadium is being opened in a outstanding ceremony of eight hours. It is an historic moment, without any doubt. Still, this is only the last historic moment and, of course, a beginning of a new glorious era for Rapid Bucharest, the club which plays here. The…
Adrian Mutu coach at Rapid, before the inauguration of New Giulești Stadium
Rapid Bucharest is about to play its first game on Giulești Stadium, the new version, on 26th of March. It will happen with Adrian Mutu on the bench, the new coach. After 29 matches in Liga 1, with one more game to go from the regular season, Mihai Iosif was changed. OK, no big deal…
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…