The owner of Superliga complains that he has lost 100,000 euros because of the penalty missed today: “From his crooked foot”
Article by Romeo Ene – published on Saturday, 03 May 2025 20:07 / Updated Sunday, 04 May 2025 04:12
FC Botosani drew on their own ground with Unirea Sloboziascore 1-1, in stage 7 of the superligation play-out. Moldovans missed the victory at the last phase. Hervin Ongea (29 years old) missed a shot from 11 meters, and Valeriu Iftime, the team's owner, had a desperate reaction.
He acknowledged that he did not forget for the first time in his life at a penalty and explained that the Frenchman was not the one designated to have such responsibility.
Besides, Iftime He claims that he lost 100,000 euros because of Ongenda, referring to the money from the TV rights for the best ranking in the play-out.
Valeriu Iftime, exasperated by the missing of Ongenda from Botosani – Slobozia: “Everyone in the lodge said that they miss”
“It's a wrong step, a fantastic bad luck. If you have 11 meters in the last second and you miss … what do you want? There is lottery, only that the biggest nervousness I have, and Leo, is that it didn't have to beat ongena! He wasn't on the list, do you understand?
That's how he wanted to beat! Everyone in the lodge said that if it beats ongena, they miss! He is a formidably good child, but not on things on the edge of box and with great emotions.
I keep too much about this child. I was so afraid to miss that I didn't look. It was the first time in my life when I didn't look at the execution. I haven't looked! I don't even know how he gave.
We save ourselves, but again with dam. From Ongea's crooked foot, we lost 100,000 euros. (no – from TV rights?) Yes, exactly, ”explained Iftime, for Sport.ro.
FC Botoșani is currently on the 12th place, the first above the retrograde positions, with 26 points, two distance from UTA Arad, the team on the first dam place, which has a less disputed match.
For Leo Grozavu's band, he follows the game with Sepsi, scheduled on May 9.
