Marius Șumudică, vehement reaction in the scandal of the moment in the Superliga: “Crying in the sky!”

Ashley Davis17/02/2026

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Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 5:45 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 5:45 p.m.

Marius Șumudică (54 years old), the coach of Al-Okhdood, commented on the scandal of the moment in Romanian football, with referee Radu Petrescu as the protagonist. “The whistler” was at the center in the match Petrolul – FC Argeș 2-1, where he incorrectly canceled a success of the guests, after he whistled a foul in a non-existent attack in the phase preceding the success.

Context: In the 86th minute of the match, with the score 1-1, FC Argeș received a free kick. Micovschi executed, and Radu Petrescu whistled a foul in the attack, before Sierra scored. Following the replays presented by television, no foul could be observed in the phase preceding the goal. Given that Radu Petrescu whistled before the goal was scored, the phase could not be analyzed by VAR.
Later, Petrol won with a score of 2-1, and Dani Coman, the president of FC Argeș, had a real tirade against the referee, immediately after the end of the game.

Marius Șumudică vehemently criticized Radu Petrescu: “He should be sent to the county!”

“It is the most contested championship, from my point of view, especially when entering the play-offs. I mean, many teams with chances, from stage to stage, some increase their chances, others decrease them. If some teams, like Botoșani, Pitesti, before, the vast majority of microbists and football people said they were in the play-offs, now they are in danger.

Those from Pitesti… what happened to them is outrageous. Such a thing is not possible. I mean, no, I understand everything that happens up to a point, but to kick the ball out of the goal and make a mistake like that…

It is not the first time that Radu Petrescu does things like this. It also happened to me in Giulești, if you remember, I had a clear penalty against FCSB and it was not awarded to me.

Everyone said then, but no action was taken and he was immediately sent to referee abroad. I think this time he should be sent to arbitrate in the county. I don't know if out of arbitration, but that's not a mistake. I mean, it's clear that it's intentional.

We are from football. It's a job you do when you realize you've made a mistake or something like that and after that you want to turn the ball over, being in the air until it ends up in the duel or in the opponent's box, you whistle.

I've experienced things like that myself, for so long in coaching. But his bad luck is that in that phase a goal was scored, a goal that led Pitesti, from my point of view, 99% it led them to the play-off!” said Marius Șumudică, according to fanatik.ro.