“I swore at him the whole way, I admit it! They threatened to arrest me in the street”

Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Saturday, 07 February 2026 22:35 / Updated on Saturday, 07 February 2026 22:53
Hallucinatory scenes after the match in Gruia. The Italian Bergodi was out of his mind and throwing punches left and right.
Cordea and Muhar were the “clients” of the technician, who decided not to come to the flash interview, claiming that he was affected by the tear gas he inhaled.
PHOTO. How Andrei Cordea explains the conflict with Cristiano Bergodi at the end of the game between CFR and U Cluj: “If we are still men, let's not talk about what happened on the field in interviews”

“A nice game from both sides. It's very important for us that we managed to win, that's what we wanted from the heart. We tried to train in the last two days, but very little and look today we were fresh and we managed to win.
(no – Chipciu said you hit him, Nistor said you cursed Bergodi) No, no, first of all, if we're still men, let's not talk about what happened on the field in interviews. I don't come to the interviews to say that he fell and didn't foul, that's what I expect from him, he's a mature, experienced player and we shouldn't talk about these things on TV.
About Bergodi, if he thinks that I cursed him or had something to do with him, he is wrong, I had nothing to do with him. When it was the corner phase, mister was on the bench, Nistor swore at me for no family reason, I swore back at him all the way, I wasn't pointing at the coach, I was pointing at the bench, what did I have to do with him?
I don't understand why he came to me after the game. I had no business with him, I pointed to the bank. I want to apologize to him if he thinks I had anything to do with him. I wouldn't allow myself to swear at him and I have no reason to, he has an age too.
We are happy, but now, believe me, I only think about that phase, I'm sorry for what happened. I don't know why I was sent off, I went to the referee and he told me to leave for no reason. I really wish I knew what I did, if I was wrong I apologize, but it really wasn't on purpose.
I even have many friends in the gallery at U Cluj, they even threatened me before I got to the locker room. It happens, it's football, I understand their frustration, but I want them to stay on the pitch, I have friends in the gallery too. I don't want to say their names, but my friends also threatened me that they will catch me on the street”, Andrei Cordea explained to Digi Sport.
We really want to enter the play-offs, we are good, we showed in every game, we are a good team fighting for the championship.
That was the goal of the club, it cannot change overnight. We will give everything to try to win the championship, it's a long way.
– Andrei Cordeathe extreme of the CFR




