On Sunday night, Rapid won the derby of the 16th stage of the Romanian Super League, but the match was played with serious refereeing errors that affected the final result of the game (2:1).

Immediately after the match, the coach of the champion of Romania, Dan Petrescu, spoke sharply about the brigade led by Catalin Popa, and the controversial moments were analyzed and commented on by the former great Romanian referee Ion Krecunescu.

Cristi Balaj slips after Cluj’s failure with Julesti

President of CFR Cluj and former Romanian referee Cristi Balai commented for Pro Arena the phases that led to the failure of the Romanian champions on the field of Bucharest Rapid.

Balai even mentioned the fact that CFR was disadvantaged in several phases apart from the two penalties awarded to Julesti.

“I felt real satisfaction when the match started. There were arbitration situations, we had a goal disallowed due to offside. I got a message that the red line is being overlapped by the blue line. I understand that this is overlapping. The first penalty appeared at the moment when Yuriy was in the air, performing the scissors correctly. Lucassen walks right into it. Yuri has a problem on his hands. Later, the contact also appears. If Yuri had not been pushed, Skaffet would have entered him. So Lucassen appeared before Suffet. If he hadn’t pushed Yuri, Skaffet would have crashed into him. From my point of view, the first injustice is an offensive foul.

At the second penalty, the attacker holds first. He is the one who holds first. This is a reflex for the defender to grab the opponent. The first possession was caused by Dugandzic. The attacker has an obvious grip. Dugandzic fell to gain the advantage, which is a simulation.

In the 77th minute, Dyak breaks out, he is held, and a much closer decision was expulsion for an obvious goal situation. This is a red card! We are talking about 4 situations, 3 of which were clean, in which mistakes were made against our team.

I am someone who admits mistakes. I accept that you make a mistake, I have also made mistakes as a referee, but to have four mistakes for VAR to help you, to go to the VAR camera and not to foul in attack. Here I can only think that you only do this if you have an order and your back is covered. I say this without proof. What I say is very serious.

Last night I do not hide that there were internal discussions about taking the team off the field. At what point? After the second penalty and when the situation with Deak arose, the last one. said Christy Balay.

CFR Cluj shifts its focus to the Conference League

Despite losing out in the championship, CFR will be eyeing Thursday’s match when Ballkani comes to Gruia. The Transylvanians are one step away from the UEFA Spring Conference League and will need a positive result to secure a place in the tournament’s playoffs.

The broadcast of the match will take place on Thursday from 19:45 at the Pro Arena.