Article by Adrian Duţă – Published on Tuesday, 02 December 2025 21:10 / Updated on Tuesday, 02 December 2025 21:38
The stopper from Giulești received the red card directly from the referee Adrian Cojocaru, for the foul from the position of the last defender on Caio. The elimination came after a huge blunder by Kramer.
PHOTO GALLERY. Leo Bolgado, eliminated in FC Argeș – Rapid
What happened? When a ball was sent to the Rapid's box, Kramer tried to reject the ball with his chest. The centre-back touched the ball but not enough to push it away. He sent it to Caio, who seemed to escape alone with the goalkeeper.
Leo Bolgado held Caio and Cojocaru showed him the red card. It was happening in the 63rd minute. The phase was then analyzed by VAR for 7 minutes.
In the VAR room, Rareș Vidican and Stelian Slabu drew the lines again Caio was caught behind the Rapid defenders before battling Bolgado for the ball.
Caio was behind the line, but Kramer was deemed to be in control of the ball. In this case, the Brazilian was in the game
It was then analyzed whether Kramer was in control of the ball when he chested it to determine if it could be considered a pass to Caio. The referees in the VAR room came to the conclusion that the stopper could play the ball without problems, so they considered that the Brazilian from FC Argeș received the ball from the opponent.
In conclusion, Caio was not offside, and the decision to eliminate Leo Bolgado stood, because he fouled from the position of the last defender.
