Rapid – Craiova University 1-1. The game in Giulesti was a tense one, with heated moments both on the field and in the stands. The match was interrupted twice: once due to a hallucinatory error by the gendarmes, who they accidentally fired tear gasthen because of racist chants.
The organizers requested to stop the offensive chants coming from the stands. The game was eventually resumed and the second half provided a highly contested finish. Feșnic showed no less than nine minutes of overtime.
UPDATE 23:30 » The measures taken by the Gendarmerie
The Gendarmerie issued an official statement, announcing the measures and sanctions imposed following the match:
Measures taken during the match:
Following the violation of the legal provisions in force, the gendarmes applied 9 contraventional sanctions, totaling 32,690 lei.
We underline the fact that, of these, one contraventional sanction, worth 10,000 lei, was applied to the organizer of the sports event, and 2 contraventional sanctions, totaling 20,000 lei, were applied to the specialized security and protection company, for non-compliance with their obligations.
At the same time, 2 complementary sanctions were applied regarding the prohibition of access to sports competitions for a period of 6 months.
Next, checks are made to identify and sanction other persons who violated the legal framework in force.
– COMMUNICATION GENDARMERIE
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PHOTO. The complete table of incidents from Rapid – Craiova
The match was interrupted for several minutes in the second act. In the 63rd minute, the gendarmes used tear gas, and the footballers of the two teams and the referees went to the edge of the field.
The game resumed after three minutes. Later, at the end, Horațiu Feșnic interrupted the match again, this time because of some racist chants coming from the stands. Nicușor Bancu was caught in the crosshairs by some rapidist supporters in the second stand.
Incidents happen, we are at football. It is important that it does not happen again. It's not nice to my colleague. I hope they learn something. The referees scored, they know better. I hope it won't happen again, he also happened with Dinamo and was suspended for two rounds.
Now let's see what will happen to those from Rapid. It is not ok towards Baiaram. We try to win every single game. We will try to get the victory. We all need to recover and we will definitely be fit.
– Nicusor Bancuabout the incidents in which Ștefan Baiaram was involved
The people of Olten chanted racists against the people of Giulești. Ionuț Voicu, the Giulești official, immediately went to the supporters and signaled to them that they were out of their minds.
After the final whistle, the atmosphere heated up again. The ultras of Craiova started chanting “Who's first? Who's first?”, but also other racist chants: “We had and we will always have…”
At that moment, Elvir Koljic, the former striker of Craiova, approached the sector occupied by Olten fans to say goodbye. The striker's gesture was not well received by the fans, who reacted immediately and cursed him.
In parallel, the players of Rapid went to their own lawn. The football players from Giulești went in front of the gallery and applauded the supporters.
The fans of Rapid congratulated them for the game and told them that they will continue to be with the team in the play-offs. Insults started from the lawn of the Rapid towards the rival from Bănie, and the gallery of Craiova responded immediately. The exchange of lines between the supporters continued for several good minutes.
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