Dacia slipped to the seventh place in the National Division after scoring a 0-0 draw in the match against FC Costuleni. In the 85th minute, referee Dumitru Muntean awarded a penalty to Dacia as a result of an aerial duel between Mocanu and Pavlov, IPN reports.
The entre technical staff of the hosts entered the field, the coach of FC Costuleni Lilian Popescu being sent to the stands. The captain of FC Costuleni Sergiu Mocanu was eliminated. The penalty was performed by Maxim Mihaliov, but Adrian Patras defended the goal.
“It was clearly a penalty. Pavlov was hit with the elbow in the face,” second coach of Dacia Iurie Groshev said after the match.
As a result, Dacia slipped one spot in the rankings, being outstripped by Milsami Orhei, which beat Olimpia 1-0 away through the goal scored by Gheorghe Boghiu.
In another match played on December 4, Rapid beat Speranta 4-2. Iurie Livandovschi was the hero of the match as he scored two goals for Rapid.
