CFR – U Cluj 3-2. Daniel Pancu, the coach of the hosts, had an extremely nervous reaction to the flash-interview. He screamed throughout the dialogue and left the interview after less than two minutes.
He crushed Cristiano Bergodi (61 years old) for what happened at the end of the game. The Italian on the U Cluj bench jumped to beat the CFR footballers and was hardly calmed down by his staff.
Full of nerves, Pancu explained that a foreigner like Bergodi made fun of Romania, and CFR's coach would have been arrested in another country if he had made the gestures of the rival on the “students” bench.
Daniel Pancu, nervous breakdown during the flash-interview: “To have a foreigner come to my country to beat my player on the field? There is no such thing!”
“I used to get arrested if I was abroad and did that, I know what I'm talking about. I entered the field with Switzerland, I didn't touch anyone (no – when he was the Romanian U21 national team)I have no words. Romanians, Romanians… to have a foreigner come to my country to beat my player on the field? There is no such thing!
From the 85th minute he wanted to enter, the entire bench of U Cluj was holding him, it's not normal! We are in Romania, can a foreign coach beat my player in Romania, my country? I have nothing to talk about football. They were favourites, they had an extra day off, all the conditions, a huge win. Goodbye!” said Pancu, at Prima Sport.
The coach of CFR Cluj continued his tirade at the press conference:
“I am still marked by sadness. You are in a foreign country, you must respect us all! There is a gross lack of respect for Romanians. I can't categorize, it's hard for me, I feel like I'm a nobody in my country, on my land. These are my feelings in the future, I don't know if there is any point in talking about football.
They were favourites, we fought like real lions, the players, hats off, once again. He deserves to be in the playoffs. I know how Romanians are treated abroad, I put my head in the fight, I ran more than many who were better paid. We respect the country, the language, how to beat someone? That's it,” added Pancu.
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