He's back to football! Retired in faith, Alexandru Tudor took out memories with Zidane from his quiver
Former international referee Alexandru Tudor (54 years old) does not hold any official position in football. He left arbitration in 2018, and since then he has made rare public appearances. He grew his beard and most of the time appeared next to Gigi Becali (67 years old), the patron of FCSB.
Tudor was asked to give a speech at ABC Fitness School, on the occasion of a professional training course in the field of fitness-wellness.
The one nicknamed “Brad Pitt” told those present at the event an episode with Zinedine Zidane and Marcel Desailly, former world champions with France.
The Romanian officiated at a match in the EURO 2024 preliminaries, Malta – France score 0-4.
“Someone fouls Zidane and I choose to ignore it. And he says to me: “What are you doing, don't you give me a foul?”. I turn and leave, I go about my business, I don't fight, I don't argue with him. He was the leader of Real Madrid, I was the leader of the school of referees, not even from Ceahlăul, Pinalti was there.
After 2-3 minutes, this boy goes to the team captain, Marcel Desailly, and says: «You talk to him that he didn't give me a foul. You are the captain of the team'. And Desailly, at 1.90 meters and looking like “The Rock”, says: “You're right. I am the captain of the team. You are a player, he is a referee. Go, play and score».
I said to myself: “Well, where are these from? They work according to principles. He put things in order». It was 4-0 in 10 minutes, from 0-0. I was shocked. Well, where do they come from, because I came from Ceahlăul, there with protests, with such things, you know very well. How did I want to be? Like the ones below or like the ones above? These are the landmarks we need. Let's talk about why it's good“, said Alexandru Tudor.
