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CFR Cluj, first Roma and now Chelsea
By: sasha |Riding high after their victory over Roma, CFR Cluj faces Chelsea in Cluj-Napoca in a Champions League match later today.
The Liga I champions know that points against Chelsea will go a long way to attaining their goal of advancing to the group stage of the tournament and manager Maurizio Trombetta has the club peaking at [...]
Steaua Bucureşti holds Fiorentina to draw
By: sasha |After falling to a difficult 1-0 loss to Bayern München in their opening match of Champions League competition, Steaua Bucureşti held Fiorentina to a scoreless draw. The match was marked with tight midfield play in which neither club were able to effectively threaten to score on a regular basis. Roş-Albaştrii tactical mission of devouring attacks [...]
Steaua Bucureşti Champions League match preview
By: sasha |Steaua Bucureşti faces Fiorentina in their second Champions League match. Their first Champions League match, which they lost at home 1-0 to Bayern München showed a lack of attacking confidence and to be successful they will need to be aggressive in Florence.
Much of the pre-match talk has been surrounding Adrian Mutu, Argeş Piteşti and Dinamo [...]
Week nine of the Romania Liga 1 summary
By: sasha |Week nine of the Romania Liga 1 completed with few surprises and with Steaua Bucureşti and CFR Cluj playing to a draw, Dinamo Bucureşti and Unirea Voluntari Urziceni jump to the top two positions of the table.
The match of the weekend was unquestionably Steaua Bucureşti visiting CFR Cluj. With so many problems with year, [...]
Liga 1 week 8 summary
By: sasha |Week eight of the Romania’s Liga 1 concluded with Steaua Bucureşti and Dinamo Bucureşti climbing above Unirea Urziceni who were shocked by Universitatea Craiova. Bucureşti were inspired by by Tricolorii Florin Bratu’s two goals after the break and the ‘Câinii Roşii would not let Poli Iaşi back in the match with very sound defense. However [...]
Welcome to Romania’s Liga 1
By: sasha |With great pride I would like to welcome everyone to The Offside’s new home for the Romania’s Liga 1. While Football is Romania is recognized as one of the finest in the world, unfortunately many outside of the region rarely have a chance to watch or read of league play. I am very deeply honoured [...]






