Article by Maria Olteanu – published on Sunday, April 06, 2025, 00:00 / Updated Sunday, April 6, 2025 04:56
Gabriel Simion (26 years old), the footballer at the University of Cluj, analyzed, At the end of the match he lost 0-1the phase that led to the penalty received by the FCSB, following the foul he made in Daniel Bîrligea.
The FCSB striker accused a shot in front and collapsed on the lawn, but the “central” Szabolcs Kovacs dictated nothing. From the Var camera he received information, stopped the game and after about two minutes he went to the edge to see that phase.
He finally dictated penalty. Miculescu transformed, securing the success of the red-blue, who provisionally climbs to the first place, at least until the Monday match, between CFR Cluj and Craiova University.
Gabriel Simion accuses: “He said it was not a penalty”
After the match, Simion commented on the penalty phase and said he had no intention to hit Bîrliga. He also said that he did not talk to Kovacs about this phase, but he heard that the referee would have told his colleagues that he should not have dictated from 11 meters.
“I had no intention, it was not a penalty. I hit the ball and from inertia my hand went back, hitting the bull.
What else to tell me? He told his colleagues that from his point of view he was not a penalty, but that he returned from lime. I am sorry for the team, that I made an effort and we leave without anything ”,, Simion said, after the match, at the “Football Club” from Digi Sport.
If you want a very clear verdict: it was a penalty. To nuance, there are some circumstances. The player from Cluj has his hand very side, he tries to block the advance and, from a negligence, hits him in front.
Costreie gives a penalty – I do not know how he saw the phase … the images were no longer “pixel”, as in the famous hen with Dinamo, and came back. It was a very long dialogue, they seemed to quarrel, a pretty fierce exchange, and since Kovacs was very well placed … They probably discussed intensity. To conclude: there are enough elements for the penalty, and the final decision was correct.
– Marius Avram, at Digi Sport, after the match
Images from FCSB – U Cluj 1-0
The ranking in the play-off
