CFR Cluj dropped out of the title race after a 1-1 draw with Universitatea Craiova, but Dan Petrescu could not overcome the refereeing errors that were committed against his side in this play-off.

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CFR Cluj entered the playoffs 3 consecutive stages without results, and the chances of the Transylvanians to defend their title have decreased significantly.

Transylvania trail leaders Farul Konstanz by 7 points with 3 stages to go in the season.

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Dan Petrescu was furious at the end of the game against Craiova University when VAR overturned Andrej Ivan’s sending-off, with the Transylvanian technician continuing his attack on the referee throughout Monday.

“There’s so much to say, I don’t know where to start, I’m still hot after the game, a lot of things happened again against our team. I didn’t come here to make excuses, I came to look at the phases of this playoff and for someone to explain to me how in 7 matches not a single VAR decision was CFR.

You, the referee, Radu Petrescu, are close to the phase, you see the intensity, you give the correct, clear red and you go to the VAR to check what, what did you see two meters away? We all already know from the bench that any VAR decision is against us.

After that, you don’t go to VAR. We can’t anymore. We have 7 penalties in the playoffs and 0 conceded. Let’s see them. You invited me.

To me it is bright red. Look at Radu Petrescu, you can clearly see his leg is up, the only one, poor Boateng couldn’t play anymore, we took him off in the second half. Why would you need VAR anyway if you were there? I won the title with Unir Urziceni with foreign referees, we didn’t win with Romanians. If it’s not red, what is?

He gave me a yellow one, I wanted to ask him. I played 16 matches in Europe and didn’t get a single yellow card. Why do I always end up here? The judges are rude to me, they don’t talk. Tomorrow I go to Italy for training, let’s see how many yellow cards I get.

I do not give explanations. I can’t sit on the bench at Steaua (without FCSB). Birsan came up to me at half-time (not against Rapid) and said I was wrong.” – said “Bursukul”, reports Prima Sport.

Super League, playoff rating

1. Constanta Lighthouse 46 points

2. FCSB 40p

3. CFR Cluj 39p

4. University of Kraiów 36p

5. Rapid Bucharest 34b

6. Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 25p