Exclusive | Serious refereeing errors at Craiova University

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Marius Avram / Photo: Capture Digi Sport

article written by Digi Sport
07.05.2024, 00:21

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Things Craiova University – FCSB, score 2-0from the eighth stage of the play-off Super Leaguehas had no shortage of arbitration controversies.

The tension escalated in the 73rd minute, when Darius Olaru had a duel for the ball with Lyes Houri, as a result of which the champion’s captain fell. Initially, the center Rareș Vidican did not dictate the penalty, which made the player from FCSB to offend him.

Marius Avram, in the opinion that FCSB’s penalty was wrongly awarded

After the match, the former referee Marius Avram analyzed the phase and said that the decision taken in the first phase was the right one, and the VAR referee Marcel Bîrsan would have wrongly influenced Vidican. Furthermore, the Digi Sport analyst is of the opinion that Olaru should have been eliminated directly.

“I was very surprised that Bîrsan called Vidican to review the vase on the monitor. I thought he had some better angles compared to the ones we saw. From the replays shown, it is not a penalty, the Craiova player plays the ball clearly and I say that goes into the corner.

And these images, in which Olaru offends the referee, read on his lips ‘bye, stupid’… Normally, they are sanctioned with red, not yellow. It’s an insult, not a protest. The referee may not hear.

I haven’t seen the thing where VAR intervenes for swearing, although it is one of the conditions in which it can intervene, because it is a red phase.

(…) It is contact that occurs naturally after the player hits the ball. It doesn’t even hit long, so I have something to tie. First of all, it is not a VAR intervention. Two, I’m sorry about Vidican, it’s the first match in the play-off, and Bîrsan is a FIFA referee.

He would have been influenced and did not keep the decision on the field, which I say was correct. I would have liked to see that he has the personality and courage to go beyond the images shown by Bîrsan. But, I repeat, I understand him, maybe you’re inclined to follow the hand of the VAR”said Avram, at Digi Sport Special.