FCSB’s victory on a difficult pitch at Voluntari was put on the back burner last week, with the football world hotly debating referee Radu Petrescu’s decision to show only a yellow card to Malcom Ejuma (FCSB) for a rough tackle on Igor Armash with a raised foot.

Petrescu’s decision was confirmed by the referee in the VAR room, Marian Barbu, who did not pass the information of his offense to the center to see the replay.

Should Edjouma be suspended or not after the video test?

The marks on Armash’s body (face, shoulder blade and chest) should have confirmed to the center the intensity of the blow, and it should have immediately reversed the decision under the new rules introduced in 2018.

It is about point 4, which says that any type of entry that really threatens the physical integrity of the player – visible marks on the body, blood or other traces of aggression – after seeing them, the referee is obliged to return to the original decision and award a red card, even if before it gave only yellow.

The best example is the Spanish championship, season 2019-2020, when in the game between Valladolid and Barcelona, ​​defender Jordi Alba had an entrance identical to that of Ejuma, leaving marks on both the temple and the body of the opponent. .

Then the referee, as in the case of Radu Petrescu, inexplicably gave only a yellow card, but the commission took notice after the video evidence and Jordi Alba received a 4-stage suspension.

Including in English football, which is considered the most male championship, we have had such cases since 2009, even if there was no VAR system then.

The referee of the match “Birmingham” – “Arsenal” did not sanction Eduardo Da Silva’s exit to the central defender of “Birmingham”, although he needed 4 stitches in the head area after hitting the opponent’s ice.

A whole media scandal arose, and the English federation succumbed to this pressure and suspended Eduardo for 7 stages.

Now the ball is in the court of the president of the Central Commission of Referees, Kiros Vassara.