Petrocub asked for a penalty in the duel with Sheriff, which ended indecisively, 1-1 score. In the 38th minute, defender Andrej Lukic touched the ball with his hand, but the referee Gabriel Tupicica did not signal VAR, IPN reports.
"A similar episode occurred at the Tiraspol match and the referee gave the penalty. After such phases at our goalpost, penalty is due”, Lilian Popescu, Petrocub coach, said at a press conference.
Petrocub has interrupted the series of 13 consecutive victories of Tiraspol team. "I saw no quality neither in defence nor in attack. The hosts have always been dangerous on the counterattack,” said Sheriff's coach Zoran Zekic.
The Petrocub draw gave an advantage to Sfîntul Gheorghe which outdistanced it by 5 points after the victory over Dinamo-Auto, 1-0 score. In the 61st minute Bardîș parried the penalty kick executed by the Armenian Kirakosyan, but the guests’ goalkeeper could not also intervene in Mandrîcenco’s shot in the 75th minute.
In Orhei, Milsami and Speranța split indecisively, scoring 0-0. The closest to scoring a goal was Stina who hit the crossbar twice.
Zimbru won the third victory of the season, 2-0 with the newly promoted Codru, that missed an empty net goal in the first half. Postică and Pîslă scored the two goals of the "yellow-greens" in the last quarter of the hour.
In the ranking, the Sheriff leader has a 12-point lead over Sfîntul Gheorghe 7 stages before the end of the championship. The podium is completed by Petrocub, which maintained its 7-point lead over Milsami.