“A great shame what he did”

The president of the Botoșani County Council criticized Horațiu Feșnic's manner of arbitration. Valeriu Iftime accused a phase of overtime, when Miron received a ball on the left flank of the attack, being caught offensively after a corner, and Feșnic would have given offside without consulting the assistant.

Then, FC Botoșani's boss compared Rapid with Dinamo and Craiova University, saying that the Giulești team is far below the two teams.

Valeriu Iftime: “It's a shame what the referee did. Rapid is below Craiova and Dinamo, I expected them to dominate me”

“It could be worse. I still wanted to see a team that undercuts us, isn't it? We are a play-off team. This improvisation with the junior striker showed. A good team, I'm afraid the referee was a bit unfair. There are 2-3 phases… He steps on someone and gives a yellow, he steps on a player from us and doesn't give anything. It seems to me a great shame to give Miron offside.

He was also on the verge of a penalty in Mailat. 11 meters were normally given in League 1. Rapid is not better than Dinamo or Craiova. Mailat took his face and was held. By offside, I mean the phase with Miron, I have never seen the central defender go offside without the assistant raising the flag. It's a shame!

We are in the playoffs. I was thinking that the big teams, like Rapid, Craiova and Dinamo, come to you and subordinate you. They had a great opportunity at Petrila, but there it could also be offside. Koljic influenced the phase, being offside.

Craiova is better than Rapid. He had some great opportunities, but I have a goalkeeper, Botoșani has a goalkeeper. We concede few goals, that says a lot. Rapid had to attack, not come to play on the counterattack. A good team attacks. I think the Rapid was thin. Against Dinamo, for example.

Fast can't do more than that. We were very aggressive and took the ball away from them, but without the top of the attack it was very difficult. With Kovtalyuk, maybe it was different”, said Valeriu Iftime, at “Digi Sport Special”.

I would like FCSB in the play-offs, because it brings spectators. I have a great recipe for tickets. Between us, FCSB is a good team. If he also puts a coach there, he makes a good team. I would give him a group of trainers.

I want to see a good team to dominate me, but there are no teams to dominate me. We had fantastic luck with the Lighthouse. At Petrolul we had 11 meters and Mitrov was in love at the time of the shot.

– Valeriu Iftime, Botoșani patron

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