Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Monday, January 26, 2026, 6:55 p.m. / Updated Monday, January 26, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
The nocturna of the Galați stadium fell when there were only a few minutes left to play the match Oțelul – Csikszeredafrom the 23rd round of the Superliga. The scoreboard shows the score 3-0 for the hosts.
Everything seemed to be going great for the team led by Laszlo Balint. The people of Galați were leading with a score of 3-0 in the 81st minute, when the night of the arena in Galați gave way. Patrick opened the scoring and Nuno Pedro scored a double.
UPDATE. 18:55: The nocturnal has restarted in Galați
About 5 minutes after the referee sent the teams to the dressing rooms, the organizers managed to restart the night.
The referee sent the teams to the dressing room
After waiting for 4 minutes, the “central” Sorin Vădana sent the two teams to the locker rooms. Several spectators started having fun with the flashlights of their phones, while the organizers were quite worried.
According to the regulation, the Steel has one hour at its disposal, from the moment of the interruption, to put into night operation. Otherwise, the home team loses the match on the “green table”, 0-3.
“Stopping the game due to the non-functioning or improper functioning of the night installation is sanctioned with the loss of the game by forfeit, if the malfunction has not been rectified within a maximum of 60 minutes”, passage from the Disciplinary Regulations.
Also according to the regulations, if the match will be resumed, and the nocturnal will give way again, the referee will stop the match for good, and the victory will go to the guests, at the “green table”:
If, after the rectification of the problem with the night installation, carried out within the term of up to 60 minutes from the start/resumption of the game, there is a new interruption in the operation of the night installation during the game time, the referee, if he considers that the non-operation of the night installation is likely to prevent the game from being carried out under normal conditions, can decide to stop the game definitively.
In this situation, the arbitrator will record the factual situation in the arbitration report, and sanctions will be applied according to the provisions of the Disciplinary Regulations.
