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Get a grip Romania
« on: Mon 22 Aug 2022 21:53 »
After the recent vile xenophobic abuse towards István Kovács by U Craiova 1948 SA "fans" where he had to stop the game & moved the teams to the technical area while messages went out over the tannoy to cut it out. Game was delayed for 7mins.

Today we have.

AS FC Universitatea Cluj - ACS Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe

The Universitatea fans used the match against OSK Sepsi as an anti-Hungarian demonstration, the hard core ultras almost exclusively addressed Hungarians and Hungary with chants and written messages - like the Romanian occupation of Budapest in 1919 and the date of Trianon, or "Székelyföld does not exist".  After 25 minutes, the referee Sebastian Coltescu got tired of the increasingly vile chanting and a warning was made via the tannoy, he then took both teams into the dressing room for 10 mins while appeals were ongoing for it to stop.  Should have sent the riot police in & removed every single one of them... When the game was about to restart the ultras started chanting "Out of the country with the Hungarians!" ref just shrugged with a WTF expression, but the decent Universitatea fans started whistling at the ultras to shut them up. Thank you to them. The referee himself is from Craiova, less than 3% of Hungarians there and where you expect this behaviour - he was clearly annoyed by it today and well done to him for the no tolerance.

I'm more surprised and saddened by this happening in Cluj because it is one of the areas where Hungarians and Romanians have mixed quite freely, I think it's around 15% Hungarian there. Sepsi are from Székely Land/Szeklerland inhabited mainly by Székelys, who have identified as Hungarian since the 12th century. It was handed over to  Romania along with Transylvania as part of the Trianon Treaty in 1920, it was returned to Hungary in 1940 along with northern Transylvania. Soviet & Romanian occupation in 1944 saw it forcibly given to Romania and the row goes on to this day! During the Trianon anniversary this year the Romanian government spokesman said something along the lines of if Hungary want Transylvania & Szeklerland back they can have them, they're full of Bozgors. The FRF & in particular the referee department have made great strides in cutting it out & have worked closely with the MLSZ but it keeps rearing it's ugly head. Sepsi are funded by the Hungarian government/MLSZ/MOL and widely seen as a Hungarian club.  Like FC DAC 1904 Dunajska Streda in Slovakia their club song is Nélküled - a song of Hungarian unity.

Sepsi won 1-0. Hajrá Sepsi!

Sepsi are not whiter than white at the SuperKupa final their fans booed the Romanian national anthem, the Romanians responded by booing Székely Himnusz.

Hajrá Lilák. Csak a Kispest. Hajrá Magyarok! Hajrá játékvezetői csapat! Soha ne add fel. Nincs sárga kérem!!! No Chris Kavanagh doesn't live in Ashton or even in the Greater Manchester area!!

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Re: Get a grip Romania
« Reply #1 on: Tue 23 Aug 2022 07:36 »
Wasn't Sebastian Coltescu the 4th official for the PSG game which had to be abandoned due to a comment he was alleged to have made?

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« Reply #2 on: Tue 23 Aug 2022 17:37 »
Yes it was Sebi and big emphasis on the alleged!
Hajrá Lilák. Csak a Kispest. Hajrá Magyarok! Hajrá játékvezetői csapat! Soha ne add fel. Nincs sárga kérem!!! No Chris Kavanagh doesn't live in Ashton or even in the Greater Manchester area!!