The draw of the play-off of the Romanian Cup, organized by FRF on Tuesday, also came to the attention of the British press. The controversy caused by the Deputy Secretary General of the Federation, Gabriel Bodescu, who slammed the ball to Corvin, made those from The Sun call this masquerade straight “The most tricky draws always.”
Gabriel Bodescu, jugglers with balls in the bowl. TV capture
The British told the moment that caused the controversy: “A draw for the Romanian Cup has attracted trick accusations due to the bizarre way in which a ball was extracted. The controversy appeared after drawing the Play-off of the Romanian Cup, on Tuesday. Gabriel Bodescu, the deputy secretary general of the Romanian Football Federation, can be seen in a video.
He extracts the Constanta Lighthouse, which currently occupies the sixth place in the first division of Romania. Bodescu then starts to mix the balls, but it always seems to remain in contact with a certain ball while mixing it through the pile.
David Copperfield of Romania
Then he extracts the ball and opens it, announcing that the lighthouse will face a team from the 2nd League, Corvin Hunedoara. The Romanian Football Federation issued a statement that denies any possibility of trick. Instead, they recognized their mistake of using small bowls, referring to the effect they had on limiting the capacity of the organizers to mix ”, They wrote those from The Sun, who also presented some ironic comments of the Romanian fans.
“Bodescu is David Copperfield de Romania”, “Jalnic”, “they did not even hide the arrangement”, These are some of the replicas that came after the moment by which FRF was laughing.
