Serious incidents in Romania – Hungary! The Romanian fans entered the parquet and beat the gendarmes »The decisive match for what Futsal was interrupted 45 minutes
Article by Tudor Belivaca – published Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 20:18 / Updated Wednesday, September 24, 2025 20:38
At the score of 1-0 for “tricolors”, in the sixth minute, the men's futsal match Romania-Hungary, the return sleeve for the European Championship, was interrupted on Wednesday night due to the incidents in the stands.
The return match was scheduled in the Craiova Multipurpose Hall, and some of the Romanian fans were scoured with law enforcement, several entered the field, and then exploded a firecracker, which is why the referees immediately interrupted the game, and the two teams entered the locker rooms.
Live »Romania – Hungary 2-1
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Romania was leading 1-0 before the match was interrupted. Immediately after the resumption, Hungary equalized.
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The “tricolors” again took over the leadership through Daniel Araujo, who performed a punishment perfectly.
Incidents in Romania – Hungary at Futsal: the supporters fought with the gendarmes and threw with firecrackers
Later, the game resumed after the fans were evacuated. The gendarmerie used tear gas, and the game was more late because the officials waited for the room to be ventilated. The match resumed after almost 45 minutes.
The conflict was between the galleries of the two national. The fans who entered the field did not seek a conflict with the players, but strictly with the guest supporters, but the gendarmerie intervened promptly and thus broke the beat of the two parties.
The FRF, Răzvan Burleanu and Mihai Stoichiță chiefs.
The first duplicate leg, played last Thursday at Debrecen, was won by Hungary with 3-2. The match is a decisive one for the qualification of Romania at the European Championship in 2026. The winner of this “double” will go to the final tournament hosted by Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia.
16 teams will participate in the European Championship of 2026: Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Armenia, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, France, Italy and Georgia. The last participants will be chosen from the winners of the “doubles” between Romania and Hungary and Bosnia – Belgium. Belgians are almost qualified after winning 7-2 in the tour.
The national team needs support, a qualification would mean huge for both Romanian futsal and domestic sport. I saw that he was playing with the house closed. The public here is a sports lover, which is why I chose Craiova as a location for the return match with Hungary
–Endre Kacsothe coach of the national team of Romania
