Article by Mihai Șovei – Published Monday, April 13, 2026, 6:34 p.m. / Updated Monday, April 13, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
Florin Bratuhis coach Metalloglobusput the guns on arbitration at the end of the game with Csikszeredalost by Bucharest with a score of 0-1.
The technician of the last ranked team referred to a phase that took place in the 20th minute, with the score 0-0. Following a duel with Palmeș, Purece fell in the box, but referee Ovidiu Robu did not award a penalty kick.
Only 8 minutes later, the “central” gave a penalty for the visitors, following a duel between Cestor and Eppel. Ciucani took advantage and scored the only goal of the game.
Ovidiu Robu was the “central” of the game, while Radu Petrescu was in the VAR room.
Florin Bratu: “You can't not give a penalty to Purece”
“Seeing the images, I say that we have a clear penalty at Purece, at 0-0. I didn't understand anything that Ovidiu Robu refereed today. I really didn't understand. Unfortunately, things got out of his control. If you don't give a penalty, then you give simulation at Purece.
It's tough. I have Sava who I think has a fracture, a crack. I really didn't understand anything, it's far from me and what I saw today was refereeing completely out of step with the situation, in a match that didn't seem like this. Here, the referee did not cope. You can't help but give a penalty to Purece. The “sled” comes sliding by and takes him. You don't give a penalty, you give a simulation, you give a yellow and you assume it wasn't a penalty and you saw differently.
Football is a contact sport. In the Cestor duel with Eppel, he shot him a little, but not so hard that it was a penalty. I let him go after that. I am very disappointed. The second half, Csikszereda didn't matter.
What explanations should I ask for? No one pays attention to you”, said Florin Bratu, during the flash interview from Digi Sport, at the end of the game.
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