Former international player Ionel Ganya became the hero of an unpleasant incident on Friday night before the friendly match between Romania and Northern Ireland.

Ionel Ganya was fined 2,650 lei and disqualified for 30 days on Friday evening because he refused to stop the car at the request of the traffic police in the area of ​​the National Arena.

Ionel Ganea for GSP.ro: “The agent told me that he decides in traffic”

The former player was put in a police car and taken to the station, he returned to the stadium, attended the tricolor friendly match with Northern Ireland (1:1), but left before the final whistle. Without any statements regarding the incident.

However, on Saturday he offered GSP.ro his version of what happened at the National Arena, and especially the reasons why it all started. “I came from Fegerash, I didn’t go so far to argue with people. But the agent kept telling me that in traffic he decides that he can’t be wrong.

When he yelled for me to hit the brakes, I told him this, jokingly: “It wasn’t normal to speak nicely, wasn’t it?”. Then he caught fire, became agitated and forced me to pull over to the right to collect the license,” said the Ghanaian, who decided to file an appeal, although he signed a violation report.

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