“I took into account the repetition of the draw!” »Răzvan Burleanu, intervention in the case of the Romanian Cup scandal
The president of the Romanian Football Federation, Răzvan Burleanu had a first comment after Curious moment from drawing lots for play-off matches Betano Romanian Cup. The first duel, Constanța – Corvin Hunedoara Farm, was established after the leftists who gave birth to suspicions.
What happened? The draw was made by Gabriel Bodescu, Deputy Secretary General of the Federation, and Mihai Andrieș, the representative of the Competition Department within the FRF.
The dubious moment from the draw of the Romanian Cup
In the first part of the transmission, the two representatives of the federation encapsulated the papers with the names of the teams, then put each of the balls in the related ballot box.
Curious is the fact that Bodescu, the leader in charge of 24, first removed even the last ball he had put in the bowl.
He put his right hand on it, passed it to the left, mimicked the mixing of the other balls, but eventually he removed that ball, with which he had always been in contact.
In it was the ticket related to the second division Corvin Hunedoara. Thus, the first match in the play-off phase, Corvin-Constanta Lighthouse was established.
The Internet was immediately filled with messages! “What maneuvers were made at this extraction …” or “The Corvin from the big ballot box was intentionally extracted.”
FRF admits that the urine size used for extraction was smaller than it would have been ideal to ensure easier ball mixing. However, this aspect did not affect the correctness of the process in any way, as the mixing and extraction were performed in compliance with the procedures, in front of the representatives of some of the clubs participating in this phase and live on FRF TV, guaranteeing transparency and impartiality
FRF statement
“It was an action that we regret as a federation!”
Today, after the meeting of the FRF Executive Committee, President Răzvan Burleanu spoke about the incident that he called regrettable.
“It was an action that we regret as a federation! The blame was recognized by the deputy secretary general of the Romanian Football Federation (no. Gabriel Bodescu). We assure you that it will not be repeated, ”Burleanu said.
Then he continued on the subject: “I do not hide that together with my colleagues I even considered to have the repeat of the draw! However, after a pretty careful analysis I discovered that we have no club that was disadvantaged. And none advantageous. That's the good part. I assure you that this situation will not be repeated! ”.
