Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Monday, 08 December 2025, 19:54 / Updated on Monday, 08 December 2025 20:14
Eugen Neagoe, the coach of Petrol, accused the referee after failure with UTA, score 0-1. The technician of the team from Ploiesti was extremely angry that Istvan Kovacs let Alin Roman take the free kick from which he scored the only goal of the match in Arad.
Roman scored in the 90th+6th minute, in the last phase. Kovacs had dictated 4 minutes of overtime. Neagoe was also bothered by the fact that the “central” told him not to go beyond the technical space during the game.
Eugen Neagoe: “I'm a former footballer, I feel these things, I'm not parachuted into football. I'm not a sucker, although I've been taken by a sucker many times”
“We fought evenly, we had more chances than UTA. I don't remember them having anything special. The game ended 0-0, from my point of view. But I have nothing to comment on, I saw the phase of the first half… I don't want to be called to the committees.
The game started and it caught our attention when we changed a player, that we exceeded the space. I am not delegated to not be able to overcome space. Brothers, it's easy, because we are not here to…A game that we couldn't lose with the way it was played, the boys made an effort, they fought, but the result is what it is.
I had opportunities. But that was the game. The game was over, but we had to stay on the field. I respect people, but when I'm taken for a ride, I don't like it. I'm a former footballer, I feel these things, I'm not parachuted into football. I am not a sucker, although I have been taken by a sucker many times.
We talk in vain. We fight with everyone, what to do. I'm honest, I have nothing more to comment on. You play a good game, away, with a good team, but they didn't create chances. A game that was supposed to be equal, but in the end it wasn't,” said Eugen Neagoe, on Digi Sport 1.
VIDEO with phase. Alin Roman's goal from a free kick in UTA – Petrolul 1-0
