The central of the match from Ştefan cel Mare, Cristi Balaj, was threatened indirectly by Ionuţ Lupescu that his delegation to the final Cup depends on how hw referees the Sunday match
CCA announced officially yesterday what Gazeta Sporturilor has written for the first time: that the match Dinamo - FC Braşov will be refereed by Romanians, and not by foreigners. The name of the "central"? Cristi Balaj. Why? Explained Ioan Igna, the president of CCA: "He is no. 1 in 2008". Behind the curtains of his delegation there are incredible events, which could have a great impact on his way of refereeing.
He was not allowed to referee after Borcea accused him
Balaj is going to referee Dinamo aftre he hasn’t been delegated for 5 laps after the match Timişoara - Farul 3-2, when Cristi Borcea accused him violently because he had given weirdly a penalty for the guests. "He should have miss for two laps, but I doubled the punishment so that he won’t believe that we defend him", said yesterday Igna. "If Borcea didn’t make scandal, he would have refereed after maximum one lap", said another member of CCA.
Everything depends on the "Kaiser"
Anyway, how did Balaj reached to be chosen? Ionuţ Lupescu called Ioan Igna a few days ago and announced him drily: "At the final of Romanian Cup I will make the delegation, the only thing you have to do is to put down on a piece of paper two referees". Balaj and Tudor have been nominated, and after Lupescu found out that the first one will referee Dinamo - Braşov, the two reached the conclusion: "The Sunday will be a test for him. If he referees well, then he has chances to officiate in the final. If not …".
The antecedent was Tudor
A similar situation happened exactly one year ago, before the decisive match Dinamo - Steaua 2-1. Lupescu decided then to referees T
