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“VAR check not done”

Article by Maria Olteanu, Robert Vîrdol – Published Monday, February 16, 2026 23:24 / Updated Monday, February 16, 2026 23:24

Dinamo – Unirea Slobozia 1-0. Ilie Lemnaru, the president of Unirii Slobozia, reacted in dialogue with GSP.ro immediately after his team lost at the limit, in Bucharest, in round number 27 of the Superliga. He claimed it was empty at the limit phase from the 66th minute and that the VAR system would not have intervened.

After a big blunder in the Dynamo defense and a lack of synchronization between Roșca and Boateng, Carnat sent from a long distance into the empty net, and finally Roșca intervened in extremis. Replays during the match showed that the ball would not have entered the goal, being saved by Roșca with his knee. At the end of the game, the television software confirmed that the ball crossed the goal line and the goal should have been awarded to the visitors.

The president of the Ialomi team analyzed this phase and insisted on the fact that it was a correct goal, which should have been validated, unhappy that the VAR system would not have intervened.

Ilie Lemnaru's reaction at the end of the match with Dinamo

“I saw it was a goal, but the VAR check wasn't done, and that's what mattered. It had to be done. I'm not interested in the mistakes that were made in the championship against other teams, I'm interested in the mistakes made against us. I don't know if we won if he scored, but he had to check and score.

I had a good match, coming off a match with Farul. Claudiu gave them confidence and this can be seen in the team, I think that for everyone every match is very important.

(no You fear relegation:) We will fight, as we fought last year to avoid relegation. We don't give up, we want points and I think that's our motto. We are not thinking about relegation at the moment, but we will fight for every point.

We are waiting to do the MRI tomorrow and we hope with all our hearts that God will help us and that he will be well (no about Papeau)”, said Ilie Lemnaru, in dialogue with GSP.ro.

Images from the end of the match with Claudiu Niculescu and Florentin Petre in the foreground

Images from the end of the match between Dinamo and Unirea Slobozia // PHOTO: Ionuț Iordache (GSP.ro)

VIDEO | The phase in which Slobozia scored the goal against Dinamo, but the success was not validated

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