Cristiano Bergodi, the coach of Rapid Bucharest, had a lashing out at referee George Geman following his side’s 2-1 defeat by champions Farul Constanta on Friday night.

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To Cristiano Bergodi: “I went straight to the referee, but I didn’t say anything to him. Maybe he wanted to give me a card too”

“I’m not surprised, today we had a lot of chances that we missed. We got goals from our mistakes, but in the first half we played too much in the middle. We had situations, great opportunities, it was, unfortunately, a negative evening.

We had a situation and we couldn’t score. I also tried 10 people but it wasn’t easy. We were chasing a goal, but we couldn’t equalize. We spoiled the win with today’s loss to FCSB, but we’re moving forward.

I went directly to him (referee George Gehman – no), but I didn’t say anything to him. I have respect for judges, but this way of judging… With all due respect, I did not like it at all. If he judged well today… I didn’t think so.

The lighthouse took a while, but there are other things I don’t want to talk about because I might be sidelined for six months. I’m not saying anymore because they suspended me. He didn’t answer me, maybe he wanted to give me a yellow or red card.

We were confident that we could win this match. There were also negative episodes. We’re moving forward, we’ve got nine more games to go and we can bounce back. Naturally, we have to change the sheet in the match with Craiova” – Cristiano Bergodicoach Rapid, quoted by DigiSport.

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Paul Jacob (Rapid): “Everything was directed in one direction, against us”

“It was a difficult match. I felt we could get through them. The whole match was weird because we had really, really, really big moments. There were two counterattacks in the first half, as well as in the second. We fired 10, 12, I don’t even know how many shots. Lots of possibilities. They defended themselves, well done to them, they got the desired result.

I’ve never talked about refereeing, but today’s match was… like no other game in my career. It was the most terrible match in which I felt that everything was directed in one direction, against us.

Every foul in their penalty area was not a foul. Oaida received a red card, but before that there was a clear foul on Rahman, it is not even checked by VAR. Foul in the first half against Krasnychy, not given. Alas, the same foul gives him a yellow card. Clear!

One more thing, I don’t know if I can say it, but I’ll say it because the world needs to know. Many times I hear, “I was told from the VAR room.” We are not talking about penalty phases, red flags. I don’t want them to understand that I have something with George Gehmann, I don’t want to beat him, there are no accusations, but everything was against us” – Paul Jacob, football player of “Rapid”.

Farul took a 2-0 lead thanks to a double by Luis Muntian (’23, ’56). Still outnumbered after the sending off of Oaide (’67), Rapid reduced the gap thanks to Rahman (’85, penalty) but were unable to score again for the rest of the game.

Here you can see the result of the match Rapid Bucharest – Farul Constanta.

Thanks to this success, Gike Hagi’s team scored 25 points and moved up to 4th place in the ranking (compared to the University of Craiova, who will compete with CFR Cluj at this stage).

On the other hand, Cristiano Bergodi’s side remain in 2nd place, four points behind rivals FCSB (match with Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe).

At the start of the game, the Rapid gallery protested the decision to arrest its leader Liviu Ungurianu, known as “Bokchu”, in connection with the illegal use of pyrotechnic materials in stadiums during football matches.

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Rating of the Super League playoffs

1. FCSB – 32 points

2. Rapid – 28 p * (+1 match)

3. CFR Cluj – 27 points *

4. Lighthouse – 25 p * (+1 match)

5. University of Kraiów – 25 *

6. Sepsi Georgiivskyi – 22 years old *

* Teams benefiting from rounding to halve points.