Article by Romeo Ene – Published Monday, April 14, 2025 21:11 / Updated Monday, April 14, 2025 21:11
The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) announced through a statement that there were certain problems with the Var system at The match between FC Botosani and Steel Galațiconcluded with the limit of Laszlo Balint's lineage, score 1-0, in stage 4 of the Superligi play-out.
The system worked at the match in Botosani, but FRF He explained that the video arbitration system encountered certain technical problems due to a general equipment decaling. The cause is not known, but it could be an electric shock.
Problems with the lime system in Botosani – Steel
As a result of the technical problems that occurred at the match FC Botosani-Otelul Galați, from stage 4 of the Superligii play-out, the technical team responsible for the implementation of Var in Romania makes the following details:
In the initial phase of the checks, all the equipment worked in normal parameters when connected to the public electric grid. Subsequently, after passing the system on the supply provided by a mobile electric group, a general equipment is found, possibly caused by an electric shock.
As a result of this incident, the fiber optical signal converters – responsible for transmitting the communication between the field referees and the lime equipment – have become non -functional. Thus, although the referees on the ground could communicate with each other, they no longer had the opportunity to receive the information transmitted from the Var room.
In order to ensure the continuity of the analysis of the game phases and the match under optimal conditions, the technical team urgently implemented an auxiliary system in the equipment of the Var car. This system allowed the correct functioning of the communication during the two analyzes “On Field Review” at the monitor, without the decision -making process being affected.
The Var implementing team regrets the dysfunctionality and wants to provide clubs, referees and the public to take all the necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of such problems in the future. The process of evaluating and improving the technical infrastructure will continue to guarantee high standards of performance and reliability.
– PRESS FRF
Two key phases took place in Botosani-Steel: Aldair was eliminated in the 10th minute after an extremely harsh entrance, and the most controversial phase took place in the second half, when Petro's success in the 67th minute was canceled due to an offside.
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