CS Rapid Bucharest has been sanctioned by the Disciplinary Commission of the Romanian Handball Federation after Giulești fans booed Cristina Nhaga in a 31-24 loss to CSM Bucharest in the round of 16 of the Romanian Cup.

Christina NyaguPhoto: Inquam Photos / Bohdan-Ioan Buda

Clubul Rapid was fined 8,000 lei for fans cursing Christina Nyaga

Thus, the group was fined 8,000 lei for “offensive/obscene shouts”.

“In connection with the additional report drawn up by the observer delegated to the Romanian Cup match “Râureni” – women, between CSM Bucharest and CS Rapid Bucharest on 20.02.2023 from Bucharest, the Commission imposes sanctions against CS Rapid Bucharest. club with a fine of 8,000 (eight thousand) lei, according to Art. 69.4 in combination with article 69.2, letter b) clause 1 with the application of article 34.1, letter k) (recidivism on 30.08.2022) of the FRH Disciplinary Regulations, deadline for justification 30.03.2023, for insulting/obscene chants of own fans”, This is stated in the press release of FRG.

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Christina Nyagu’s reaction after being booed by Rapid fans

Cursed by the fans and during the interview at the end of the game, Christina Nyagu responded sharply.

“They mean absolutely nothing to me! It doesn’t hurt me. This speaks volumes about their character. I have nothing to comment on. It says everything about them. You know very well what a gallery this is… In this world, anyone can support any team as long as they do it with pride and fair play.

The fact that I’m staying with a football team they don’t like… I don’t care what they think. If they think it’s nice to go into a room where there are so many children and throw insults… I repeat, this says a lot about their education and character” – Christina Nyaguat the end of the game, quoted by News.ro.

FRH announced after the match that abusive, aggressive and anti-social behavior would be punished by banning people from the pitch and mentioned that vuvuzelas and drums would be banned from handball matches. Later, President Konstantin Ding said that Club CSM Bucharest he is partly to blame and incited the fans’ unsportsmanlike behavior towards Christina Nyagu.