I'm too tired now to write anything about this new abysmal away performance.
Poli: Popa (5,5) - Milhazes (6), Luchin (5), Brezinsky (5,5), Badoi (5) - Art. Karamyan (5), Aliuta (4,5), Srhoj (4), Abiodun (5) - Ganea (5), Arm. Karamyan (5,5). Martinez (5), Axente (4,5) and Balan (5) came on for Aliuta, Art. Karamyan and Srhoj.
You can watch the goals here.
4/09/2008
4/05/2008
Poli - Universitatea Cluj 3:0 (1:0)
Finally, a clear cut victory! Although today's opponents found themselves in last place before the match, it was pretty obvious to everyone involved that it wouldn't be an easy win for Poli.
And this showed during the first half as well, when the white-violets did little more than miss a few good scoring opportunities, even rattling the post in the 30th minute. But the game really didn't feel and look like good football. It was however enough for Arman Karamyan to insist for a ball in the penalty area and Universitatea's defense broke down, as the Armenian sent a well placed shot at the far post to make it 1-0 for Poli, in the 41st minute.
The second half started well for the away side, as Edvan's long range shot just missed the goal and Popa made a great save at Goga's shot. But it was Poli again who scored, this time through Artiom Karamyan, who dribbled a defender and finished in a similar manner to his brother for 2:0! Merlier then made a good save on Abiodun's shot, before Arman converted - only to be signaled off-side. However, it was to be 3:0, when Aliuta passed perfectly to Ganea who - finally - managed to score with a fine shot past the goalie. Just before the final whistle, Edvan saw the red card for two yellows, thereby only further encumbering the struggle Universitatea will face if they are to save themselves from relegation.
I'd like to highlight the performance of Borbely and Milhazes (who might not be as obvious as Arman and Artiom), because they definitely swayed me today to say that both are excellent transfers. They excelled all-around, both defensively and offensively and hopefully they will keep on playing well in the matches to come. Brezinsky fared better today than last week, although he doesn't seem very at ease with Luchin on his side. Hopefully they'll get to work better together, because it seems that Canu won't be see the "green of pitch" very soon. Abiodun was hard working as well and had it not been for Merlier's brilliant save, he would've added his name to the goalscorer's list as well.
It's important to emphasize that it wasn't all peaches today. The slow and mediocre performance in the first half, as well as the many missed scoring opportunities, need to be avoided if the team is to win against Otelul on Wednesday - and especially Dinamo next weekend.
Poli: Popa (6,5) - Milhazes (6,5), Luchin (6), Brezinsky (6), Bădoi (5,5) - Art. Karamyan (6,5), Aliuţă (6,5), Borbely (6,5), Abiodun (6) - Ganea (6), Arm. Karamyan (6,5). Martinez, Srhoj and Tibi Bălan came on for Arman Karamyan, Aliuţă and Artiom Karamyan.
You can watch the goals here.
And this showed during the first half as well, when the white-violets did little more than miss a few good scoring opportunities, even rattling the post in the 30th minute. But the game really didn't feel and look like good football. It was however enough for Arman Karamyan to insist for a ball in the penalty area and Universitatea's defense broke down, as the Armenian sent a well placed shot at the far post to make it 1-0 for Poli, in the 41st minute.
The second half started well for the away side, as Edvan's long range shot just missed the goal and Popa made a great save at Goga's shot. But it was Poli again who scored, this time through Artiom Karamyan, who dribbled a defender and finished in a similar manner to his brother for 2:0! Merlier then made a good save on Abiodun's shot, before Arman converted - only to be signaled off-side. However, it was to be 3:0, when Aliuta passed perfectly to Ganea who - finally - managed to score with a fine shot past the goalie. Just before the final whistle, Edvan saw the red card for two yellows, thereby only further encumbering the struggle Universitatea will face if they are to save themselves from relegation.
I'd like to highlight the performance of Borbely and Milhazes (who might not be as obvious as Arman and Artiom), because they definitely swayed me today to say that both are excellent transfers. They excelled all-around, both defensively and offensively and hopefully they will keep on playing well in the matches to come. Brezinsky fared better today than last week, although he doesn't seem very at ease with Luchin on his side. Hopefully they'll get to work better together, because it seems that Canu won't be see the "green of pitch" very soon. Abiodun was hard working as well and had it not been for Merlier's brilliant save, he would've added his name to the goalscorer's list as well.
It's important to emphasize that it wasn't all peaches today. The slow and mediocre performance in the first half, as well as the many missed scoring opportunities, need to be avoided if the team is to win against Otelul on Wednesday - and especially Dinamo next weekend.
Poli: Popa (6,5) - Milhazes (6,5), Luchin (6), Brezinsky (6), Bădoi (5,5) - Art. Karamyan (6,5), Aliuţă (6,5), Borbely (6,5), Abiodun (6) - Ganea (6), Arm. Karamyan (6,5). Martinez, Srhoj and Tibi Bălan came on for Arman Karamyan, Aliuţă and Artiom Karamyan.
You can watch the goals here.
3/30/2008
Gloria Bistrita - Poli 0:0
A highly boring draw leaves me with very little to report.
Beside the two good saves by Pantilimon, and the two important chances of Rusic and Abiodun in the first half, there is really nothing worth remembering from this match. It's a good point obtained on a bad pitch, as Uhrin himself stated, and now we need to build on this with a win at home against struggling Universitatea Cluj.
Poli: Pantilimon (6,5) - Milhazes (6), Luchin (6), Brezinsky (5,5), Bădoi (6) - Art. Karamyan (6), Borbely (6), Srhoj (5,5), Abiodun (5,5) - Ganea (5), Rusici (5). Axente (5,5) and Arman Karamyan replaced Rusic and Artiom Karamyan.
On the upside, Dare Vrsic has restarted training with the team, which probably means that he will have a real chance to at least find himself on the bench on Saturday!
Beside the two good saves by Pantilimon, and the two important chances of Rusic and Abiodun in the first half, there is really nothing worth remembering from this match. It's a good point obtained on a bad pitch, as Uhrin himself stated, and now we need to build on this with a win at home against struggling Universitatea Cluj.
Poli: Pantilimon (6,5) - Milhazes (6), Luchin (6), Brezinsky (5,5), Bădoi (6) - Art. Karamyan (6), Borbely (6), Srhoj (5,5), Abiodun (5,5) - Ganea (5), Rusici (5). Axente (5,5) and Arman Karamyan replaced Rusic and Artiom Karamyan.
On the upside, Dare Vrsic has restarted training with the team, which probably means that he will have a real chance to at least find himself on the bench on Saturday!
3/23/2008
Poli - Dacia Mioveni 1:2 (0:1)
Another humiliating defeat this week, following the brilliant season restart of 2008. And what an idiotic defeat at that!
The match had barely started when Martinez, Ganea and Karamyan missed a magnificent chance to score in the second minute of play! A few minutes later, Ganea received a great pass from Martinez, but the ex-Internatinol missed lousily. After the first quarter hour of the game, something started going quite wrong, as Dacia were coming on the offensive more often and Poli was doing very little in terms of creating scoring opportunities. And then it happened: after a corner-kick the ball ended up in Mioveni's possession, Frasineanu taking a shot from inside the area, which would have probably been saved, had Borbely not deflected it into goal.
Things were not much in easier in the second half, despite the fact that Poli went into it playing a bit better. They turned for the worst when Canu, terribly undecided whether to pass back to Popa or not, got the ball taken from him and basically offered the second goal of the night for Dacia. Poli did manage to peg back through Rusic, who headered in a good Martinez cross, but Ganea twice and Rusic missed great chances to draw level before the ninety minutes drew to a close.
Once more, everyone fared pretty poorly, with the exception of Martinez, Milhazes and Rusic. The many misses and the big defensive blunders were the main causes for this bitter defeat, which leaves Poli fighting for a UEFA Cup spot. One that seems to be slipping away...
Poli: Popa (6) - Milhazes (6), Cânu (4), Luchin (5,5), Bădoi (5,5) - Art. Karamyan (5,5), Aliuţă (5), Borbely (5,5), Martinez (6,5) - Ganea (5), Arm. Karamyan (5). Rusici (6) and Tibi Bălan (5) replaced Aliuţă and Arman Karamyan.
You can watch the goals here.
The match had barely started when Martinez, Ganea and Karamyan missed a magnificent chance to score in the second minute of play! A few minutes later, Ganea received a great pass from Martinez, but the ex-Internatinol missed lousily. After the first quarter hour of the game, something started going quite wrong, as Dacia were coming on the offensive more often and Poli was doing very little in terms of creating scoring opportunities. And then it happened: after a corner-kick the ball ended up in Mioveni's possession, Frasineanu taking a shot from inside the area, which would have probably been saved, had Borbely not deflected it into goal.
Things were not much in easier in the second half, despite the fact that Poli went into it playing a bit better. They turned for the worst when Canu, terribly undecided whether to pass back to Popa or not, got the ball taken from him and basically offered the second goal of the night for Dacia. Poli did manage to peg back through Rusic, who headered in a good Martinez cross, but Ganea twice and Rusic missed great chances to draw level before the ninety minutes drew to a close.
Once more, everyone fared pretty poorly, with the exception of Martinez, Milhazes and Rusic. The many misses and the big defensive blunders were the main causes for this bitter defeat, which leaves Poli fighting for a UEFA Cup spot. One that seems to be slipping away...
Poli: Popa (6) - Milhazes (6), Cânu (4), Luchin (5,5), Bădoi (5,5) - Art. Karamyan (5,5), Aliuţă (5), Borbely (5,5), Martinez (6,5) - Ganea (5), Arm. Karamyan (5). Rusici (6) and Tibi Bălan (5) replaced Aliuţă and Arman Karamyan.
You can watch the goals here.
3/19/2008
FC Vaslui - Poli 3:0 (3:0)
A horrendous match by Poli's defence today ! Two early goals and a penalty before half-time sealed an abysmal performance against Vaslui.
It was Aliuta who made the first game-turning mistake in the second minute, when after a corner kick, the ball was punched by Popa and the Poli midfielder tried to kick it away and instead kicked it back into the penalty area, to Dorian Andronic; the young Vaslui defender kept his composure and scored a fine goal. Just a few minutes later it was Popa's turn to make a blunder, as he rushed out of goal at another corner kick, but missed the ball, which left Zmeu with an easy chance which he took and converted. Poli tried to bounce back but it was useless, the only mentionable scoring opportunity being that of Luchin, whose header was saved by Haisan. Just before the break Brezinsky commited a sloppy hand-ball and the ref gave the home side a penalty, which was converted by Ljubinkovic.
The second half started a bit better for Poli, with Bucur's shot being smothered by Haisan. Ganea then received a very fine pass from the same Bucur, but the former couldn't reach the ball, which ended up in the goalie's hands. Abiodun was fouled in the 61st minute in the Vaslui penalty area, but the ref "rewarded" the Nigerian with a yellow card instead of a warranted penalty kick. Not even ten minutes later, Poli were reduced to ten men, when Ljubkinovic broke free of the last defender, Brezinsky tried to catch up, but only managed to hack the Serb down and saw a direct red card. Not much happened until the end of the match, with only Ganea and Arman Karamyan wasting a good scoring chance, to at least spare the team of a goalless match.
So it was a lousy match with everyone playing lousily, except perhaps Abiodun and Bucur. There's really little left to say, but for the hope of recovering until the next match, this weekend, against Dacia Mioveni.
Poli: Popa (4) - Milhazes (5), Brezinsky (3), Luchin (4,5), Bădoi (5) - Art. Karamyan (5,5), Borbely (5,5), Aliuţă (4), Abiodun (6) - Arm. Karamyan (5), Ganea (5,5). Aliuţă was replaced by Bucur (6), who in turn was replaced by Srhoj (5,5) due to an injury.
You can find videos of the goals here.
It was Aliuta who made the first game-turning mistake in the second minute, when after a corner kick, the ball was punched by Popa and the Poli midfielder tried to kick it away and instead kicked it back into the penalty area, to Dorian Andronic; the young Vaslui defender kept his composure and scored a fine goal. Just a few minutes later it was Popa's turn to make a blunder, as he rushed out of goal at another corner kick, but missed the ball, which left Zmeu with an easy chance which he took and converted. Poli tried to bounce back but it was useless, the only mentionable scoring opportunity being that of Luchin, whose header was saved by Haisan. Just before the break Brezinsky commited a sloppy hand-ball and the ref gave the home side a penalty, which was converted by Ljubinkovic.
The second half started a bit better for Poli, with Bucur's shot being smothered by Haisan. Ganea then received a very fine pass from the same Bucur, but the former couldn't reach the ball, which ended up in the goalie's hands. Abiodun was fouled in the 61st minute in the Vaslui penalty area, but the ref "rewarded" the Nigerian with a yellow card instead of a warranted penalty kick. Not even ten minutes later, Poli were reduced to ten men, when Ljubkinovic broke free of the last defender, Brezinsky tried to catch up, but only managed to hack the Serb down and saw a direct red card. Not much happened until the end of the match, with only Ganea and Arman Karamyan wasting a good scoring chance, to at least spare the team of a goalless match.
So it was a lousy match with everyone playing lousily, except perhaps Abiodun and Bucur. There's really little left to say, but for the hope of recovering until the next match, this weekend, against Dacia Mioveni.
Poli: Popa (4) - Milhazes (5), Brezinsky (3), Luchin (4,5), Bădoi (5) - Art. Karamyan (5,5), Borbely (5,5), Aliuţă (4), Abiodun (6) - Arm. Karamyan (5), Ganea (5,5). Aliuţă was replaced by Bucur (6), who in turn was replaced by Srhoj (5,5) due to an injury.
You can find videos of the goals here.
3/15/2008
Poli - UTA 2:0 (1:0)
It was an easy match today against UTA, with Poli controlling the game from start to finish, defeating their arch-rivals for the second time in a row. In front of over 30,000 expectant fans, the white-violets produced a sturdy display of football, overpowering their opponenets through sheer talent and tactics.
UTA hand one of their few chances early on, when Todea sent a long shot which whistled over the bar, and but for Baltoi narrowly reaching a good cross, there was really little the Arad based team's game amounted to. On the other hand, Poli had two good opportunities before opening the score, both through Arman Karamyan. The Armenian wasn't as forgiving the third time around, as the ball reached him following a free-kick taken by his brother, and Arman scored his second in two games with a powerful shot! Poli then had another two chances, but opposing goalie Tudor saved his team from going two nil down.
There was little he could do in the debut of the second half though, as Aliuta ploughed through the field, sent a long cross, Tudor only got the tip of his fingers to the ball which ended up at Abiodun's feet, the Nigerian converting with a well placed finish! The white-violets then retreated a bit, but UTA's lack of courage and determination meant that Popa was hardly challenged throughout the rest of the game. Portuguese striker Edson came close to pulling one back in the last ten minutes of the game, but the Poli goalie saved well. Gigel Bucur could have taken his tally to fifteen goals this season, if Tudor hadn't been decisive once more, in the dying moments of the match. 2:0 and UTA seem to be heading hastily towards the second league, while Poli can even set their sight on a Champions League spot.
All foreign players did well today, with a particular emphasis on Arman Karamyan, Borbely, Brezinsky and Abiodun. Milhazes was a bit less inspired, sending many bad crosses, while Artiom played at the level he let us get so used with, being outshadowed just by the mere fact that his brother scored once more.
Poli: Popa (6) - Milhazes (5,5), Cânu (6), Brezinsky (6,5), Bădoi (6) - Art. Karamyan (6), Aliuţă (6,5), Borbely (6,5), Abiodun (6,5) - Ganea (5,5), Arm. Karamyan (6,5); Bucur (6), Bălan and Latovlevici replaced Arman, Aliuţă and Abiodun in the 70th, 88th and 92nd minutes.
You can watch the goals here (Arman) and here (Abiodun).
The next match is Wednesday, away, against 7th placed FC Vaslui.
UTA hand one of their few chances early on, when Todea sent a long shot which whistled over the bar, and but for Baltoi narrowly reaching a good cross, there was really little the Arad based team's game amounted to. On the other hand, Poli had two good opportunities before opening the score, both through Arman Karamyan. The Armenian wasn't as forgiving the third time around, as the ball reached him following a free-kick taken by his brother, and Arman scored his second in two games with a powerful shot! Poli then had another two chances, but opposing goalie Tudor saved his team from going two nil down.
There was little he could do in the debut of the second half though, as Aliuta ploughed through the field, sent a long cross, Tudor only got the tip of his fingers to the ball which ended up at Abiodun's feet, the Nigerian converting with a well placed finish! The white-violets then retreated a bit, but UTA's lack of courage and determination meant that Popa was hardly challenged throughout the rest of the game. Portuguese striker Edson came close to pulling one back in the last ten minutes of the game, but the Poli goalie saved well. Gigel Bucur could have taken his tally to fifteen goals this season, if Tudor hadn't been decisive once more, in the dying moments of the match. 2:0 and UTA seem to be heading hastily towards the second league, while Poli can even set their sight on a Champions League spot.
All foreign players did well today, with a particular emphasis on Arman Karamyan, Borbely, Brezinsky and Abiodun. Milhazes was a bit less inspired, sending many bad crosses, while Artiom played at the level he let us get so used with, being outshadowed just by the mere fact that his brother scored once more.
Poli: Popa (6) - Milhazes (5,5), Cânu (6), Brezinsky (6,5), Bădoi (6) - Art. Karamyan (6), Aliuţă (6,5), Borbely (6,5), Abiodun (6,5) - Ganea (5,5), Arm. Karamyan (6,5); Bucur (6), Bălan and Latovlevici replaced Arman, Aliuţă and Abiodun in the 70th, 88th and 92nd minutes.
You can watch the goals here (Arman) and here (Abiodun).
The next match is Wednesday, away, against 7th placed FC Vaslui.
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