Article by Sergiu Alexandru – Published Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:50 / Updated Saturday, February 14, 2026 12:50
In the 86th minute of the match in Ploiești, with the score 1-1, Radu Petrescu inexplicably canceled the goal scored by FC Argeș, after a free kick. In a dialogue with GSP.ro, the former financier from FC Vaslui criticized the “central” extremely harshly, which he said deserved to be excluded from the arbitration.
He recalled an equally controversial decision made by Petrescu in November 2011, in a Voința Sibiu – CFR Cluj 0-1 match, when he disallowed a goal by the hosts after a simulation by CFR Cluj's goalkeeper, Beto.
VIDEO WITH PHASE. Radu Petrescu's error at Petrolul – FC Argeș
Adrian Porumboiu demands the exclusion of Radu Petrescu from arbitration: “I turned off the TV! It's scandalously shameful!”
“I watched the match until the goal was disallowed. For me it's deja vu. I turned off the TV and the phone and had a very peaceful sleep, bragging to myself that I was smart and got out of the mire of Romanian football, where I had invested over 50 million euros in a clean team. I had one of the most peaceful nights.
If you remember, 15 years ago there was a match with the same referee, Voința Sibiu – CFR Cluj. And CFR was not supposed to lose. There was a phase, with Beto, in which he simulated. Nothing happened to this referee then. In fact, he was put on the FIFA list because whoever was supposed to be the champion came out. Now that's outrageously embarrassing! Not just shameful. I couldn't believe he canceled out the goal. As a result, the next moment I turned off the TV.
But who wants to know, look at who was the mentor of this so-called referee. I never considered him a referee, because he was involved in many dark matches. Look to see who he mentors and who he's been friends with for years. That person no longer referees, but the relationship between the two is known. Now this former referee has gone to serve God, he says. But their friendship has nothing to do with faith.
Let's not forget that his mentor committed a serious error, when after a fight like in “Seven Sins” at U Cluj – CFR Cluj, the match was postponed. The correct penalty was 0-3 for both teams, but he forgot to take his cards after the game. The reason why the so-called big Commissions from FRF and LPF did not penalize the teams, and the game was replayed. And the champion came out who was supposed to, with one point over FC Vaslui”, said Adrian Porumboiu for GSP.ro.
“I would ban him like drug dealers, 20-30 years old! You have no business on the football field!”
“There is no excuse for what happened last night. FC Argeș scored a valid goal! Period. Now, for some, this should not have happened… Put a comma. Oh my God! This shows how clean Romanian football is. It's not clean at all!
I've never been so glad to be out of football. Why should I stay? Every time, the champions who were supposed to emerge emerged. And now we see such a masquerade of a referee. I would give him a ban like they do for drug dealers, 20-30 years! He has nothing to do on the football field! That's how it should be. But I guarantee that nothing will happen to you. In a country where so much misery happens, these have become trifles.
There have been referees who are good, who do their job. But not this one. He is stinking bad! He did a lot. Of course, we have empathy for a man who has gone through a serious illness, but here we are talking about a clear phase. You can not! I am not accusing anyone. Not even his mentor, but they have the same gripes, the same quirks.
If the necessary measures are not taken in relation to this referee, who no longer has anything to do in the first league, it means that FRF and CCA are part of this mess. 15 years ago, I thought that the necessary measures would be taken, both in his case and in the case of another referee who has now reached the world level and who made a theft on his face. Always, at the FRF and the CCA, when the champion emerges who should, in their opinion, the decisions to sanction those who make a mistake are small or non-existent
I don't blame any team, I just see some phases and a referee who has no business on the football field. Until the CCA sets an example and takes him out of arbitration, nothing will happen. If you're urinating on a FIFA badge you have, that's who we are. If CCA and FRF are serious, it must be ruled out! You can't do that!
I'm just being realistic and I'm just saying what happened and what misfortunes Romanian football went through and is going through,” added the former financier from FC Vaslui.
