Released by the University of Craiova, after dramatically missing the qualification! He signed his sentence in the Athens disaster
Article by Liviu Manolache, Maria Olteanu – Published Friday, December 19, 2025, 01:04 / Updated Friday, December 19, 2025 01:28
Craiova University ended with a nightmare the only group of the Conference League, dramatic failure in the 105th minute, score 2-3, after leading 2-0. After this result, one player signed his sentence and is certain that he will not continue with the Bănie team from the winter: offensive midfielder Lyes Houri (29 years old).
According to GSP, Houri was no longer seen as a solution for the team's future, his performances being below those of previous seasons. After the mistake of missing the qualification in the European spring, committed in the 90th + 11th minute of the match in Greece, his future is certain that he will no longer be in Craiova!
Lyes Houri started the match in Athens on the bench and was sent on in the 81st minute by Filipe Coelho, in place of Alexandru Cicâldău, the scorer of the 2-0 goal.
Lyes Houri is leaving Craiova this winter: he signed his sentence with a serious error in Athens!
The moment Houri hits his opponent
At 2-2, in the 90th+13th minute, Houri had a completely missed intervention, in his own box, he hit Vida, and after consulting the VAR system, the referee awarded a penalty. That's how the Greeks won dramatically and left Craiova in 25th place, first below the line.
Lyes Houri, transferred from Craiova in the summer of 2023, still has a contract with the team from Bănie until the summer of 2026, but, as this winter enters the last 6 months, information had already appeared that the parties will reach an agreement to end the collaboration faster.
The Frenchman was for a long time on a list of players who will no longer continue in Craiova from the winter, he was no longer a solution for the Oltean team, and the foul committed at the end of Thursday night's match, in Athens, in extra time, which allowed the Greeks to reach the penalty shootout, erased any doubt regarding the conclusion of the contract during this winter's transfer period.
Lyes Houri, in the t-shirt of the University of Craiova/ photo: Imago Images
Lyes Houri first came to Craiova in August 2021, then in the summer of 2022 he arrived in Hungary, and a year later he returned to Banie for free, free of contract.
In the current season, in all competitions, in the shirt of Craiova, the Frenchman has collected 23 games, in which he managed 4 decisive assists, without scoring. In total, at the team from Banie, he collected 98 matches, 8 goals and 12 assists
800,000 eurosis Lyes Houri's market share, according to Transfermarkt
In addition to Lyes Houri, another player who seems to have left Craiova is Luis Paradela, who did not confirm after the injury and who will part with Olteni this winter.
