Article by Daniel Grigore – Published on Sunday, 01 February 2026 22:43 / Updated on Sunday, 01 February 2026 23:35
Gigi Becali (67 years old), FCSB boss, commented victory against Csikszereda (1-0), putting the “guns” on referee Cristian Moldoveanu. After consulting with Mihai Stoica, he announced that he would request his recusal.
Becali began his intervention at PrimaSport by praising the fighting spirit of his players, then focused on the decisions of tonight's center referee, Cristian Moldoveanu, whom he offended in his speech.
Becali accused that a penalty should have been awarded to Miculescu, in the 15th minute, following the contact with Jebari, that FCSB did not receive a free kick at the edge of the opponent's box in the 47th minute, in a duel between Olaru – Paszka, respectively the awarding of the last 3 free kicks received by the guests, towards the end of the game, to the entries considered fouls by Tănase, Crețu and Graovac.
Becali even insulted the game official, calling him a “bastard” and a “criminal” among other things.
Gigi Becali, insults and serious accusations against the referee from FCSB – Csikszereda
“For the first time I congratulate the team. This is the team I want, of war. When it comes to war, they gave great war! Okay, the score should have been much higher.
Tomorrow, I told MM, we're filing a motion to remove this boy from arbitration. He leaves, good, 11 meters clear to David Miculescu, when he wants to hit the ball and puts his foot. But three shots [libere]. Olaru steps on it. Three shots. In the second half, towards the end, close to our box.
Cristian Moldoveanu led to FCSB center – Csiksezerda
He invented 3 shots, but maybe they score. Neither Tănase nor Graovac touched them! Well, if it's from Sfântu Gheorghe? How to give referee from Sf. Gheorghe? If you don't see it, get out of the arbitration! Get out of arbitration if you don't see this!
Yes, we apply and show the phases. We show this one. Is it clear? Is it yellow? (no – at Olaru). We should have conceded a goal at this stage. Then all the shots. As you invent, you also give Crețu a yellow card. What does he say? What can he say? You can see that he is desperate, that he wants us to score.
Are we not allowed to play football anymore? What do we do? Why should I give millions more to football, for one of these to come? It is no exaggeration. I haven't seen what this man has done since I've been in football! On my word! There are still mistakes, maybe on purpose. But one! But fouling is fun…
Don't give it away! Okay, let's apply the presumption of innocence. We say he is not a thief. He is not a thief, he is not a robber. Then I come and say so. If you're not a thief, it means you're not good at it, to say the least.
Come on, you fool, don't you think that there are errors, that the world sees you? You could shoot with them, but not like this! Are you crazy, do you want to destroy us? This is about millions of euros, not your chicken coops over there, from Sfântu Gheorghe. Here we are talking about tens of millions, not 50 or 30 thousand.
What is this, you bastard? what is this Such a thing is not possible, such a thing is not possible! Ain't that badass? But how is it? MM told me to hold back. “Mihai, if he calls me, I can't”. I took the tension, this made my tension 17 nerves! Nerves!
It's not just badass, it's so much more. What this man did here is much more. This is capable of destroying lives, it is capable of anything in life. If you meet him on the street, what the hell was he up to, you have to avoid him, because you don't know what he can do”, thundered Becali.
A few minutes later, the patron of the champion team returned to the referee:
“Someone wanted to take my life. By his actions, a man could die. That's called a murder, when someone dies because of you.
Now, tomorrow I have to confess again, because of one like this. Do I need something like this? Why stay in football, in this mess?”.
Ngezana had a little flu, I left him so the team wouldn't get sick. Ngezana – Duarte will be the couple. I said to MM: Bai Mihai, I see that now a very strong team is being created, with the few fillings that we are going to make. You will see. Wait for Arad and Joao Paulo to come too.
Potter? Great warrior! I took him out more because he was running too much and I said he would be dead with Botoșani. We were 1-0, what more did we need. Potter is Potter, he has no equal.
– Gigi Becali
Former referee Marius Avram's reply, after Gigi Becali's statements
Former referee Marius Avram (46 years old) commented on the statements made by the FCSB boss:
I haven't heard anything like that (no – about the possibility of a referee being excluded by a club). Before it was possible. At one point there was a rule where more than three clubs refused, you basically had nothing to umpire and it was a big problem for every umpire.
I was not rejected by anyone. boy (no – Cristian Moldoveanu) refereed ok. He made some mistakes. Olaru needed a yellow for that kick. There were a couple of free kicks at the end that went wrong, but nothing important, nothing serious. At the penalty I didn't see anything that…
– reply to Marius Avram for Gigi Becali
