Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Saturday, January 31, 2026, 07:14 / Updated Saturday, January 31, 2026 07:45
Basarab Panduru and Marius Baciu analyzed live the goal scored by Dinamo with Petrolul, score 1-1from the 24th stage of the Superliga.
Petrol eventually equalized after a blunder by Epassy, who dropped the ball in front after a cross from the side. Boțogan shot after the Cameroonian's mistake, but it hit the crossbar. The ball ricocheted to Gicu Grozav, who scored.
Because he was closer to the goal than Epassy, Grozav would have been ruled offside only if two Dinamo field players were closer to the end line than the Petrol forward, at the time Boțogan shot.
Stoinov and Opruț took Grozav offside. If the first was in the box, trying to block Gicu's shot, the second was outside the box, caught in the phase after trying to block the cross from the flank. Panduru and Baciu noted how Opruț did not move faster to get away from the end line and put Grozav offside.
VIDEO with the goal scored by Petrolul. Panduru and Baciu found the culprits
“Dinamo worked in the first half, managed to score a goal in the second. It seems that the game is going in that direction. Petrol is also pushing, but you get the impression that Epassy is doing his best to get them into the game. All the things that happened had him in the foreground.
It's his fault, you can't do that. He was looking to put Petrolul into play, which did not have a shot on goal. Centering is 35 meters. I said it was offside initially, I didn't even see Opruț there”, said Basarab Panduru, on Prima Sport 1.
Marius Baciu completed: “Opruț stayed to look at the goal after he slipped. National team player. I took him offside. If there was only one player between Grozav and the goal, he was offside. Look at his attitude… Go to the goal, do something! It wasn't empty if he took a step forward.”
Opruț, in the distance, took Grozav offside, for the goal scored in Dinamo – Petrolul 1-1
