Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Tuesday, 03 March 2026 22:27 / Updated on Tuesday, 03 March 2026 22:39
On Saturday, the “sailors” requested two shots from 11 meters, but the “central” Florin Andrei did not intervene. On Monday, Kyros Vassaras declassified the dialogue between the referees and hinted that the decisions were correct. Ionuț Coza and Sebastian Gheorghe were in the VAR room.
What were the controversial phases:
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In the 69th minute, Matei Ilie headbutted Gustavo Marins in a duel for the ball, and the Faral player fell in the box. Referee Florin Andrei dictated a throw-in from 6 meters for CFR Cluj.
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The second phase happened in the 90+1 minute, when Doicaru was pulled by Huja's shirt just before heading back towards the goal. The Lighthouse player did not arrive in time to head the ball.
Ciprian Marica, enraged after Vassaras' explanations: “They want to censor us”
After the statements made by Gică Popescu, and Ciprian Marica trashed Vassaras and stated that his explanations did not make sense. He claims the errors are in favor of one team and would like a large-scale protest from Super League teams.
“Vassaras's statements seem to me to have no common sense. He tells us that she is black when everyone sees that she is white. I keep saying that these things do not happen by accident and I stand by my opinion. You have nothing to protest with one team. If they want more, then we would be in solidarity. But so when you're alone…
They want to punch us in the mouth. Just us, the ones who put money into football. Let's not say anything, they want to censor us. They immediately call us to the Commission to suspend us. We are fed up. We should take a stand.
Why now these mistakes? And why are they all in one direction. We also wonder why exactly at these decisive stages in the fight for the play-offs. Unfortunately, the arbitration is not important, but very important in everything that the positions in the ranking mean.
We hoped that after the introduction of VAR we would no longer have this problem and this involvement of the referees. What to see, nothing new”, declared Ciprian Marica, for digisport.ro.
