Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Monday, January 26, 2026 10:54 p.m. / Updated Monday, January 26, 2026 10:54 p.m.
In the 40th minute, Colțescu awarded a penalty, after Christensen's shot hit Pospelov in the hand. Even the intervention of those in the VAR room did not make the “central” change his decision.
Dmytro Pospelov, after UTA Arad – Rapid: “I told the referee that I had my hand next to my body”
At the end of the game, the Ukrainian said that in Rapid's opinion he should not have received a penalty. He revealed what he told Sebastian Colțescu.
“We didn't deserve to lose today. My opinion is that it was awarded very easily. I told the referee that I had my hand to my body. I turned my body.
He showed me that the hand would not have been near the body, but I saw the phase again. My opinion is that it was awarded very easily,” Pospelov said to Prima Sport.
Adrian Mihalcea, Pospelov's coach, did not want to comment on that phase: “The penalty? First of all, I'm not a referee. I no longer know when it's a penalty, when it's awarded, but I give credit to the referees. It's their problem. Today it happened against us, maybe in other matches these things will be on our side. The important thing is to be able to forget the result of this match and go to the next match to win the points lost today.”
It is an extremely crowded area. No need to do calculations now. We think about what we have to do. The important thing is to recover from a physical point of view and to show the same determination, the same will in the match against FC Argeș.
– Adrian Mihalcea, UTA Arad coach
