Two controversial phases took place in the Ovidiu match. The first was in the 69th minute, when Matei Ilie headbutted Gustavo Marins. The second took place in overtime, being a duel between Marian Huja and Iustin Doicaru. The CFR defender pulled the shirt of the “sailors” player in the box.
Adrian Porumboiu: “Farul should have received two penalties against CFR Cluj”
Adrian Porumboiu has a clear conclusion: Farul should have received a penalty in both phases. They condemn Ionuț Coza and Sebastian Gheorghe, who were in the VAR room, for not calling Florin Andrei to the monitor.
“You can't say it was a vitiation of the result, because we don't know if those penalties would have been converted.
But there is no doubt: in both phases a penalty kick should have been awarded to the Lighthouse. A clear hold and a header in the figure, there is no doubt in either situation.
The VAR had to intervene, it had all the necessary elements”, said Adrian Porumboiu, for GSP.ro.
How the fight in the play-offs would have looked at the score of 2-2
If Farul had received a penalty and had scored, and the game had ended with a score of 2-2, CFR Cluj would still not have obtained access to the play-off.
Transylvania would have needed at least a draw with Dinamo, in the last stage of the regular season.
A kick from 11 meters and a yellow card should have been awarded. It wasn't an imminent goal situation for it to be red. The assistant has no fault, he judged the offside situation. The referee has his back turned, then turns around and is surprised, you don't have to run with your back to the group of players waiting for the cross.
– Marius Avram, former referee
