Article by Liviu Manolache, Tudor Belivaca – published on Friday, August 22, 2025, 20:31 / Updated on Friday, August 22, 2025:03
The disastrous defeat of CFR Cluj in front of Hacken, score 2-7, determined Dan Petrescu to resign. At the departure of the “Bursuc” from Gruia for the fourth time, GSP statistician Liviu Manolache found 5 digits that “play” in favor of the coach.
Lack of valuable U21 players, missed transfers and efficiency in fixed phases can be some of Dan Petrescu's excuses.
“Ugly game” “Petrescu's team, the most offensive in the previous season
Last season, the Clujians had the best attack in the championship, with 12 goals over FCSB. Clujs scored no less than 73 goals in the championship. Defensively, the balance sheet is as follows: only 43 received. Goal +30.
After 5 stages last season, those from CFR scored 10 goals. Currently they played only 5 matches in the championship because they postponed a match and have 8 goals scored. It should be noted that the Gruia band started as hard last season, but they raised the level towards the end of the championship.
“The fixed phases are not coming out” “” I am still in the first place!
The whole season is a landmark. Then, CFR scored 23 goals from fixed phases, 1st place, equal to U Cluj.
Currently, those in Gruia are in the first place in the goals scored after corners. 4 in the championship and 3 in the Europa League.
Place in the standings: The CFR is on 13 at the moment, colleague with FCSB, but absences …
CFR Cluj ended the season in 2nd place and won the Romanian Cup. Now, the people of Cluj are in the basement of the ranking in 13th place, neighbor to the Romanian FCSB champion, but Dan Petrescu has been hit by the holders.
The list of medical problems in this start of the season is long: Emerlahu, Muhar, Păun, Rocha, Kamara, newer, Keita …
He lost his main weapon: The goalscorer Louis Munteanu is no longer so goalscorer and was missing much in preparation
The pearl of CFR Cluj, Louis Munteanu, was the goalscorer of Gruia last season: 35 matches in Superliga, 23 goals. This season, in full discussions for a record transfer abroad, it has no goal scored in Superliga, but only one in the Europa League preliminaries. 9 matches in all competitions. It is worth noting that the striker was not forced in this season debut and has only 482 minutes played.
The goalscorer of CFR Cluj was missing much of the summer training, which explains its current situation.
Free transfers and the lack of an exponential U21 player: last season played with 3
How many of the purchased players did they cost money? An example, Bosec, the weakest of the match with the Swedes, is just one of those who came to replace Manea, which they could not keep. Also in the “preserved” category, Graovac also enters.
We also add the lack of an eligible U21 player at the level of last year, when CFR was the team that titled 3 young people: Hindrich, Ilie and Munteanu. The 3 are still important players for Cluj, but they no longer respect the rule.
