Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – published Monday, April 07, 2025, 20:55 / Updated Monday, April 7, 2025 20:55
Mihai Stoica (59 years old) gave Cristi Balaj's reply (53), after the former referee had a categorical point of view on the penalty received by the champion in the match with U Cluj, score 1-0.
After the match won by FCSB at the weekend, Cristi Balaj, the president of the CFR, entered directly and criticized how the penalty dictated between the duel between Bîrligea and Simion.
He mentioned a phase in which the Clujians asked for a penalty in the last direct match, at a duel between Louis Munteanu and Chiricheș. Mihai Stoica heard about the phase mentioned by Balaj and said: “No. Maybe when he arbitrates the CFR”.
Mihai Stoica has insinuated that CFR Cluj has been greatly helped by the referees in recent years.
Mihai Stoica gave Cristi Balaj's reply: “I have a lot to comment”
“More mistakes in our favor than they were made in other years in favor of another team? I don't know what to say, here I have a lot to comment on. In favor of another team there were very big mistakes and many, year after year, year after year. I understand they want robot referees.
I do not feel with the bite on the hat, I do not have a hat, even if it would be required. To hit, he hits him. Now, it's the intensity problem. But nowhere in the regulation writes nothing of intensity, from 1 to 10. If to 4, if at 5, if at 6, it is given. This is debatable here. There are many opinions and it is logical to be that way. Whoever does not want to win says that no penalty was to be dictated and vice versa. The idea is that Simion takes a risk, taking his hand away from the body and hitting Bîrligea.
It's a blow. He does not touch him, he does not comfort him, he hits him. If I was on the other side, I would probably have been subjective. I tell you what I see. The ball is far from the body and hits it. If it was considered that there is intensity … to hit, it strikes it. And hits it with the forearm. The palm comes to the neck. If it will be a robot, as those from CFR want, it increases intensity and if it passes a certain limit, the robot will say “yes, it is”. And if it doesn't pass it will say “no, it is not”.
Do you know how it is with the law of compensation, how they act? We scored in Ploiești and, although it had nothing to do with the phase, Bîrligea was hit with the forearm on Denis Radu. The void was canceled. Then I said “Yes, sir”, it hit and it is logical to cancel the goal. ” There was 9 (no intensity) and here 3?
I would ask Balaj, that he still has our care, if he was imposed in his opinion the elimination of Meroto Korenica at the entrance to Malcom Edjoua in the match with us. In my opinion, elimination was required, but my opinion does not matter, it matters the opinion of Colțescu and whose lime was, ”said Mihai Stoica, at the first sport.
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