STEAUA FAN- we welcome you to Romania

valc · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:10 pm

Hi guys. My name is Vali and I'm from Romania, a Steaua Bucharest fan, your future opponent you know. Just want to see how the Middlesbrough fans see the game on Thursday. I heard that Viduka won't be making the trip. He's a good player. From our team the best forward Iacob will be missing but hopefully for us he'll play in the 2nd leg. I hope it'll be a nice game and may the best team win!

$enior · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:30 pm

Thankyou for your post, head over to the UEFA Cup forum for a more involved chat, i will be visiting your country for the match, fly out tommorrow morning can't wait it's going to be great!!

Tomp · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:18 pm

Steau Bucharest will be beat and we do welcome you to the Riverside Stadium but unfotunately you will go back home crying after we beat you

valc · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:53 pm

My advice anyway if you come to Romania is not to drink much because the Romanian police is very very strict and probably you'll get into trouble. And the other advice is not to underestimate our club because even if we don't really have a large squad(only 14 players who play game after game) the players really know each other and play as a team. I know that Middlesbrough has great players like Hasselbaink and I'm sure our coach is mainly interested in a victory or draw without receiving goals, so don't be too ptimistic if you get a draw, after all we won at Betis 3-0, where Chelsea was defeated so watch out because we'll probably win on your home ground. By the way great victory against Basel, I certainly wasn't expecting it. Have a great time in Romania!

andyborouk · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:17 am

valc wrote:

My advice anyway if you come to Romania is not to drink much because the Romanian police is very very strict and probably you'll get into trouble. And the other advice is not to underestimate our club because even if we don't really have a large squad(only 14 players who play game after game) the players really know each other and play as a team. I know that Middlesbrough has great players like Hasselbaink and I'm sure our coach is mainly interested in a victory or draw without receiving goals, so don't be too ptimistic if you get a draw, after all we won at Betis 3-0, where Chelsea was defeated so watch out because we'll probably win on your home ground. By the way great victory against Basel, I certainly wasn't expecting it. Have a great time in Romania!

Hello valc,
i`m sure your advice is welcomed, your a true gentleman,and a true football supporter Very Happy

May the best team win, only i hope and think it will be Boro Very Happy

PS: that is a very small squad you have at your club, how do you manage with injury`s ect.

valc · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:02 pm

We don't really have strong back-up so in case of injuries we will have big problems. Fortunately at the moment we only have one injury even if this is a very important one, our best atacker but he will be back on your stadium with goals hopefully. I'll comment more tonight after the game if I'll be in a good mood.