UTA Arad missed the chance to move away from a direct place in the second league. The team from Arada drew with FC Argesh (2-2) in Pitesti, the drama reached its maximum height at the end of the match.

Mircea Rednik, serious allegations against referee Adrian Cojocar

UTA Arad played the match in reserve at FC Arges, but Bătrâna Doamnă came away with just one point from Trivale despite leading 2-0 at half-time.

Pitesti players had no fewer than 3 shots from 11 meters, the last one in the sixth minute of overtime when Mircea Rednik desperately motioned for his players to leave the pitch.

The mood between the players of the two teams was also heating up, but the decision remained a penalty for FC Argesh.

Garita converted for the second time, and the score became 2-2.

Immediately after the match, UTA coach Arad was furious and accused center Adrian Cojokara of spoiling the result.

“I wonder, Kohokaru, why did he come to this match? If all the decisions he made were bad, why did he keep coming? If it wasn’t for VAR… It would be better to have two referees and VAR, with any contact VAR is called. How many contacts in the box and for such a phase to give a penalty?

First, he hit the ball first. Touch in the second… How many fouls did we have and didn’t work out? Maybe I can blame the fact that we had opportunities, we could have made a difference. In the current situation, that’s what needs to be done, score 3-4 goals, maybe win. VAR made the decision in this match!

You have been informed, but you change your mind. What does it mean? That you are a prison, a dead hand, if you are not able to make a decision! This team is a bit hunted! From the side they shouted “long ball, fall!”. It means they knew something if they still wanted to play like that.

They expected it to be bad every fall. I wanted to pick up the players, talk to them. What did we win? We lost 0:3, so we equalized. Give three penalties… Why? There are so many duels where, well, then we don’t play anymore. We could have made the difference, we had so many chances, both 2-0 and 2-1.

The players had an allowance for the game, the salary depended on the victory, what should I say to them? You can’t lose in this situation where three penalties are awarded too easily. I’ve never seen anything like it before. I say that we will save ourselves, as we played.” – said Mircea Rednik, reports Digi Sport.

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1 Petrolul Ploiesti 34p

2 FC U Craiova 1948 32p

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4 Germanstadt 28p

5 FC Botoshani 28p

6 Cluj University 27p

7 UTA Arad 22 p

8 Chindia Tyrgovishte 22s

9 FC Argesh 21p

10 CS Mioveni 11p