Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Wednesday, 14 January 2026 23:05 / Updated on Wednesday, 14 January 2026 23:07
Chelsea met Arsenal on Wednesday nightin the first leg of the English League Cup semi-finals. Dan Petrescu (58 years old), the former player of Chelsea, had a surprise from the club where he worked in the period 1995-2000.
Affected by health problems, the former coach of CFR Cluj received with surprise the news that Beatrice-Chelsea, his daughter, was invited to attend the derby at Stamford Bridge.
Dan Petrescu's daughter, invited to Chelsea – Arsenal, in the English League Cup
In 1998, “The Badger” scored against Arsenal and Chelsea qualified for the final.
Petrescu explained that he was surprised by this decision, taking into account the difficulty with which to find tickets, but he was very happy.
Moreover, the technician chose the person who accompanied Beatrice to the game on Wednesday night.
“They surprised me a little, because in the last period since the Americans are the patrons, I understood that it is much more difficult to enter the matches and the tickets are much more expensive.
Maybe they thought they were going to bring a bit of luck into this game, really, I think my best game was against Arsenal.
I was very happy for Beatrice, especially since she can choose a colleague, a colleague, and I chose the colleague! My former scouter from CFR.
I asked them to give me some pictures and images from the match too, I asked Beatrice to be lucky and bring victory“, said Dan Petrescu, for sport.ro.
Beatrice Chelsea Petrescu // PHOTO: Facebook
In the aforementioned match (February 18, 1998), the former Romanian defender scored in the 53rd minute for Chelsea, making the score 3-0.
Dan Petrescu played five years at Chelsea (1995-2000), scoring 27 goals in 207 matches in all competitions. And he won four trophies. Including the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup in 1998. But no championship title.
