Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Thursday, October 16, 2025 10:25 p.m. / Updated Thursday, October 16, 2025 11:44 p.m.
Big refereeing scandal in the match Csikszereda – CFR Cluj2-2, remaining game from round number 5 in the Superliga.
It was the 86th minute, and CFR Cluj was leading with a score of 2-1. Jebari sent a cross into the Cluj box, where Eppel, the scorer of the hosts' first goal, was waiting.
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Otto Hindrich, the goalkeeper of CFR, came out of the goal, trying to retain the ball. He caught the ball, but was unable to keep it in his arms and fell over Eppel, who was dueling with Matei Ilie.
After this contact, the ground ball ricocheted into the hammer's hand, but from a short distance. It didn't seem like a clear handball, the ball didn't change its trajectory, and Găman doesn't even seem to have noticed this detail. Referees show a firm arm when sanctioning a handball. Găman made no gesture.
George Găman considered that Eppel fouled the goalkeeper, even if he had no intention of confusing Hindrich, the Cluj being the one who fell over him. The “central” immediately stopped the phase. The ball then reached Hegedus, who scored in the empty net. When the hammers started to protest, it seems that Găman reasoned that he stopped the game for the “foul”. This is read on his lips.
Găman could not be called to the VAR monitor to review the phase because he whistled for a foul in the attack before the ball reached the goal. And the commentators of the game declared themselves stunned by the way the referee handled the phase.
Găman dictated a penalty for Csikszereda in extra time, and Paszka scored for 2-2 through a spectacular procedure, a “ladder”.
Csikszereda (4-2-3-1): Pap – Paszka, Celic, Hegedus, Ferenczi – Vegh, Veres (Dusinszki 83') – Anderson, Bodo (Bakos 64'), Szalay (Jebari 64') – Eppel
Unused reserves: Mate – Bloj, Kajan, Dolny, Szilágyi, Gal Andrezly, Palmes, Gergely, Csuros
Coach: Robert Ilyeș
CFR Cluj (4-3-3): Hindrich – Coco, Sinyan, M. Ilie, Camora – Păun (Emerllahu 51'), T. Keita, Djokovic (Slimani 70') – Cordea (Korenica 51'), L. Munteanu, Şfaiț (Biliboc 51')
Unused reserves: Gal, Vâlceanu – Gyorgy, Zouma, Kresic, Perianu, Ciubăncan, Cernigoi
Coach: Andrea Mandorlini
