26th of March 2022 will remain always and forever in the history of Rapid Bucharest, as the day when the new Giulești stadium will be officially opened, with an 8 hour event, topped by a friendly game with Poli Timișoara, a second tier squad about which I will discuss separately why I don’t consider to…
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Adrian Mutu, the giant with legs of dust – about Rapid Bucharest
Fists pressed in the air, Adrian Mutu celebrates the third victory in a row as Rapid Bucharest coach. The percentage is beautiful, but the truth is far from glamorous. Rapid beat Academica Clinceni, 1-0, their second victory in the same manner since Mutu joined the club, against the same opponent. In between, there was a…
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…
Marius Șumudică, the hot potato next to Rapid Bucharest
Days before the match between Rapid and Dinamo, Marius Șumudică, probably the best Romanian football coach of the moment – and I am not joking – put his guns, metaphorically speaking, on Daniel Niculae and Mihai Iosif mostly. Not very polite. OK, this is it… Their problem… I don’t forget, though, one year and something…
Mihai Iosif, what it takes to be a football coach
Motivation. It is the key word that gravitates around every successful football club. Others are just, at most, complementary things. Now, the subject, to be clear from the beginning, is Mihai Iosif. A football coach about which Europe heard so little, but whom put a lot of work in re-birthing Rapid Bucharest. I know, this…
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…
V-au dat cu tiki-taka-n cap!
Mai mult decât orice altceva, în Liga I, se vorbeşte despre tiki-taka. Nimeni nu mai ţine cont că am ajuns în coada fotbalului european, după ce părea că avem forţa să ne luăm la trântă cu multe echipe din cele mai tari întreceri continentale. Nu mai jucăm nimic, dar campionatul românesc este încontinuare…