Hooligan Petrolul Ploiesti gets beaten up by players after beating a player

Petrolul - steaua Galamaz lovit cu pumnul de un suporter! (30 octombrie 2011
Hooligan Petrolul Ploiesti gets beaten up by players after beating a player Typically, when a television commentator piously informs us that we are witnessing "shameful scenes", what is actually taking place is the kind of mass free-for-all that has most football fans gawping at the screen with unashamed glee. That was not the case, however, in Sunday evening's Romanian Liga I match between Petrolul Ploiesti and Steaua Bucharest.

With half-time approaching at Petrolul's newly opened Ilie Oană Stadium and Steaua 1-0 up, the awarding of a penalty to the visitors prompted an irate fan to invade the pitch and clobber Steaua defender George Galamaz with a cowardly rabbit punch. His thirst for violence unquenched, the assailant continued marauding downfield until being forcibly stopped in his tracks by Steaua pair Novak Martinović and Răzvan Stanca, who were both sent off as a result.

The dismissal of Stanca obliged Steaua to send on reserve goalkeeper Ciprian Tătărușanu, but when play eventually resumed and Steaua scored the penalty, he was hit by a flare thrown from the stands and the game was abandoned. The unemployed 25-year-old fan, named as Stefan Dragos Enache, was detained and appeared in court on Monday, while Galamaz was taken to hospital with a fractured cheekbone and hearing problems. Steaua are expected to be awarded the match.

Violent incidents in the Romanian top flight are rare but Radu Baicu, a Romanian scout based in Ploiesti who runs the Scouting Romania website, says the country's football authorities failed to heed warnings.

"Last night's scenes should have been prevented, because Petrolul's fans always try to find ways to hurt their bitter rivals," he told Pitchside Europe. "A few days before this match, buses with fans of Astra (the other first division team from Ploiesti) had been stopped and attacked with stones. Nothing happened in that case, not even to lead to better prevention for the match versus Steaua."

Once synonymous with the artful playmaking of Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian football has instead become renowned for corruption and mismanagement in recent years. Suspicions of crooked officiating are rife and the president of the country's refereeing commission, Vasile Avram, was arrested last month on charges of accepting bribes. Last season's Liga I runners-up FC Timişoara, meanwhile, are currently playing in the second division due to unpaid debts owed to both the national government and Benfica, while Gloria Bistriţa were also demoted to the second tier over financial irregularities.

Even opportunities for celebration tend not to work out as planned. Romania inaugurated their new National Arena in Bucharest in a Euro 2012 qualifier with France in September, only for the match to be overshadowed by French complaints about the abysmal quality of the playing surface.

Events on the pitch mirror the turmoil off it. Steaua won the European Cup in 1986 and reached the final three years later, but no Romanian side has reached the knockout phase in the Champions League era and the country plummeted nine places to 23rd in the most recent UEFA co-efficient index. The national side have also faded since a team spearheaded by Adrian Mutu and Ciprian Marica qualified in superb fashion for the 2008 European Championship, finishing six points shy of a play-off place in qualifying for Euro 2012.

"What happened last night is a stain," admits Baicu. "What worries me more is that those who are in charge of Romanian football will not act swiftly and efficiently; will not use this terrible event to enforce the laws and to look after all those that take part in the game."

Reigning Romanian champions Otelul Galati visit Manchester United in the Champions League on Wednesday. Chances of an upset at Old Trafford may reside in the slim-to-none range, but no result could be as damaging for the country as what happened in Ploiesti on Sunday night.

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[Grobari1970Kosmet]

CRAZY SERBS AGAIN

[BrooklynThaFacto]

Novak Martinovic aka KUNG FU HERO!

[boombasticfcsb1]

respect MARTINOVIC..:)

[paulnupe1911]

great!!

[RaiceaAndrei111]

0:22 "BINE BAAAA"

[Rap4Rappers]

@Acadeelee moama..ce insulte pe capu tau...mars in mm

[Acadeelee]

@Rap4Rappers mi-ar fi,daca as fi ploiestean....

[memar89]

Everybody should punch him like Martinovic, fucking pussy!!!

[l10nelandresmessii]

@mcpeter90

LOL, i didn't knew that. Sick. makes me look at this whole thing differently indeed

[mcpeter90]

@l10nelandresmessii well... i don't know if u know, but the hooligan didn't hit with an empty hand, he had an iron thing on his fist, and the player got his skull fractured so u see... the players didn't overreact.

[Rap4Rappers]

@Acadeelee echipa ploiesti? primi? nu iti este rusine sa iesi pe strada?

[Acadeelee]

@Rap4Rappers Din pacate nu a sarit toata echipa sa-l bata,si momentan toata echipa Ploiesti a luat-o la muie ;) asa ca voi primi taranilor ....