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| MEDIA HEADLINES 21/03/2008 |
| (2008-03-21) |
| Last updated: 2008-03-23 14:59 EET |
The string of violence hampering Romanian football seems endless. Thursday’s 23rd leg derby match between Steaua and Rapid was interrupted in the 72nd minute after an object, thrown by a fan from the stand, hit referee Alexandru Deaconu on the head. ”The match was interrupted, the championship comes next”, headlines the JURNALUL NATIONAL daily on the front page. The newspaper provides an overview of violence across Romania’s football grounds. JURNALUL NATIONAL also prints a response from Ionut Lupescu, General Manager of the Romanian Football Federation. Lupescu said the referee’s decision to stop the match was correct. “The Giulesti derby, won by Hooligans” the daily EVENIMENTUL ZILEI writes in turn, also stating that violence is a cancer affecting Romanian football.
The PROSPORT sports newspaper describes Thursday’s match as “Shocking!”, as the game was stopped when Rapid had a 1- nil lead, after Sapunaru scored in the 68th minute. What happened after the game was stopped was typical for the world of Romanian football: there was a scuffle among the Rapid players, who pushed and hit referee Deaconu, who, despite being hit on the head, had taken the decision to resume the match. A cigarette lighter was then at his feet, which prompted Deaconu to stop the match for good, sending Rapid’s supporters berserk. Steaua’s team left the pitch; Rapid footballers, after bullying the referee, tried to break into their guests’ dressing room, in an attempt to resolve the issue with clenched fists. The two teams’ fans didn’t waste their time either, and clashed another outside the pitch, as security measures prevented this from taking palce inside. Even Rapid officials tried to prevent Deaconu to leave the pitch.
It was for the first time ever in the history of Romanian football when a match was stopped because of such events. Rapid boss Mircea Redneck announced he would hand in his resignation, ironically saying that on Thursday ”Romanian football won”. We should not forget that Rapid and Steaua, Romania’s top clubs, in recent years brought Romanian football the highest number of points though their participation in European Cups. However, hooligans in the stand cast a shadow over sporting performance. Last week a Dynamo fan called coach Victor Piturca names on the latter’s way out of a Bucharest stadium. And all this happened after last year Dumitru Dragomir, president of the Professional Football league, had the initiative to facilitate a law combating violence in sports. The problems is that once passed, a law also needs to be enforced…
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