U. Cluj and CFR Cluj "will replay the match on 18 May"

The First League football match between Universitatea Cluj-Napoca and CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca will be replayed, from the first minute, Friday, 18 May, from 21.30, on stadium "Cluj Arena," said The Professional Football League.

Therefore, CFR Cluj and Cluj University will play on Tuesday the League's XXXII stage, CS Mioveni, namely Vointa Sibiu and Friday they will face each other directly in the game.

The match between CFR Cluj and Universitatea Cluj, within the XXXII stage of the First League was interrupted on Tuesday on the 27th minute by the referee Alexandru Tudor after the outbreak of a general conflict between players of both teams.

Then, the goalkeeper Mircea Bornescu hit Ricardo Cadu, who turned a penalty and went to the hosts’ gallery with the intent to incite supporters.

The referee Alexandru Tudor decided to suspend the match after having considered that several players from both teams should have been eliminated because violence and the match could not continue.

Friday, May 11, the Discipline Commission of the Professional Football League decided to replay the whole game.

Both Ricardo Cadu (CFR) and Mircea Bornescu (U Cluj) were suspended two matches and fined 7,000 lei each, while Alan Ciucă, the massage therapists of U Cluj, who hit Cadu on the way to the lockers, received a suspension of 12 months and a fine of 10,000 lei.

U. Cluj states that all those holding tickets for the match Tuesday, May 8, will automatically receive free access to Cluj Arena at the replay match between the two rivals in the city.

The XXXIV stage matches are scheduled on May 20.

Translated by Ioana Vioreanu
MTTLC, Bucharest University