Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Saturday, 02 August 2025, 00:11 / Updated on Saturday, 02 August 2025 00:18
The central defender accused the arbitration from the match held in Ploiești and had a very harsh speech at Flash-interview. “Central” was Marcel Bîrsan, helped at the two coughs by Mircea Grigoriu and Cosmin Vatamanu.
Paul Papp, reaction after Oil – UTA 1-2: “They started!”
“We lost three important points at home. I think everyone who saw the match saw that Petroleum led the match. Totally respect, today I think we had to win. They have a good, good coach, but today we fully deserve the victory. Two mistakes were more pragmatic and I think so the history of the match was written.
I knew they had a counterattack team. On the positional attack, only long balls and so on. I think we made a very good match and I hope to continue with the same good game, but with other results. It's frustrating. Many things are to be said.
At the corner from which their two goal came out, I jumped to my head, I put in the ball and Pospelov hit me. The arbitrators checked, finally … gave me yellow at the first foul, I was mistaken, what was it to do? And the same speeches begin …
Then it was a phase in which they hit each other in their heads and stood on the floor. They were drawn for clear time, that we are not just stupid not to know that they are taking time. We are also smart boys. Shall I give them the ball? I didn't give them the ball and they didn't comment.
Mr. Bîrsan came to tell me he was writing in the report. Well, what do you write in the report? That what? That I'm not fair-play or what? I keep with my team, me. Not? I pull for my team, not for the others. We need to be realistic.
And they started. From the second stage I draw my attention. That what? I do not swear, I do not give the elbow. The attackers jump in me. Abdallah jumped into me, I fell and was to break my back. No one said nothing. Not even the fault gave me, I don't say about a yellow card anymore …
I feel hunted and all Romania sees this. What are we talking about? Take a distance, hold my hand, pull, push, so you have to play a defender. Look outside how they pull. We have to be a little realistic.
Immediately foul. The fault from which their void came out, that was not even a fault. The PRRCE goes to Abdallah, wants to take over and jump out of it and throw himself on the floor. What foul is that? Let us play more men, not like the ladies. Abdallah has 2 meters close and 100 kilograms.
My speeches had negative, clear effects. I'm even more hunted. That is me, I'm honest. We have to let us play. We are men. We are 30 years old. Let us play, it's no problem if we hit a little. We are men. We are not at the volleyball“, Paul Papp said to the Flash-Interviul from Digi Sport Special.
