THE EARLY GOAL MADE THE DIFFERENCE: STEEL GALATI – POLITEHNICA 1-0. BOGDAN ANDONE: “IT WAS A MATCH OF STRUGGLE”

Our team was narrowly defeated in the 5th round of League 2. The match Oțelul Galati – Politehnica Timisoara ended with the score of 1-0 following the goal scored in the 3rd minute by Razvan Gorovei. On a damp surface, the hosts opened the scoring early through Gorovei, who headed home from close range in the 3rd minute after Yabre had also headed in from a corner kick. Oțelul dominated…

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FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPION FROM MOLDOVA AREA

Football in Galati had never counted at the first division level, even if teams like Gloria CFR, Siderurgistul and FCM played several seasons in this level. The history of football in the steel town on the banks of the Danube will be radically changed by Oțelul. Founded in 1964, as a team of the Galati Steelworks, Oțelul would only reach D1 in 1986. In the meantime, it had gone through…

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DIFFICULT TRIP TO GALATI. BOGDAN ANDONE: “IT’S IMPERATIVE TO GET A POSITIVE RESULT”

Our team has a very tough away game in the 5th round of League 2. Politehnica plays on the field of newly promoted Oțelul Galati, an undefeated team in the first four rounds. “It’s a difficult trip, a strong team, even if they are newly promoted they are a healthy club. They are very well structured, very well prepared and from my point of view it’s a team that has…

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TWO WINS AND ONE LOSS IN TIMISOARA’S YOUTH AND ELITE LEAGUE DUELS

Two ‘hot’, one ‘cold’, and in the second round games of the 2022-23 season. Politehnica’s Under 18 and 17 teams passed LPS Banatul at home, while the white-violet Under 16 team was defeated by the similar team of Ripensia. After the 100% Timisoara round, our juniors have in corpore part of the trips to Cluj in the top youth competitions. Youth League The second win out of two came against…

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DISAPPOINTING GAME AND RESULT: POLITEHNICA – PROGRES SPARTAC 0-1. ANDONE: “IT’S VERY HARD TO FIND AN EXPLANATION”

Today the white-violet suffered their second defeat of the season, the first on home soil, in the 4th round of League 2. It was Politehnica Timișoara – AFC Progresul 1944 Spartac 0-1, at “Știința”, after Stefan Visic scored in the 41st minute. For the third time this season our team ended the match with one player less on the pitch, this time after the elimination of Alin Ignea (min. 63)….

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THE “BANKERS” FOLLOWER

Progresul Spartac București was founded in 2014, claiming (but not owning the record), like other groups, the tradition of Progres Bucharest. The latter existed from 1944-2009, based in the Cotroceni district, was nicknamed the “bancarilor” team and had several names, including FC Nacional. It won the Romanian Cup in 1960. In the first division, the best position was 2nd place. It participated in European cups and gave players to the…

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