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There is little chance that the Romanian coach Cosmin Olaroiu would come back to Romanian football.

Florin Orban, 07.12.2017, 13:47

There is little chance that the Romanian coach Cosmin Olaroiu would come back to Romanian football, after leaving last week Shabab al Ahli Dubai, of the Emirates. According to the Bucharest media, he has solid offers from Saudi Arabia. The breakup between the club and the coach was the result of a mutual decision. The Romanian’s place was taken by Mahdi Ali, a former coach of the Emirate national team. Olaroiu took over the reigns of the Al Ahli team in June 2013, and together they won the national championship two times, two cups and two super-cups and in 2015 played the final of the Asian Champions League. This summer, al Ahli merged with Dubai CSC and Al Shabab, forming the Shabab Al Ahli Dubai club. In the Emirates championship, the team is now ranking 5th, 7 points away from the leader Al Wasl.

On Wednesday, the Romanian Professional Football League announced that the video assistant referee would be implemented in league one starting with the 2018-2019 season. The vice-president of the league, Robert Pongracz, has told a press conference that 13 out of the 14 club presidents in Romania voted in favour of implementing this system. The league president Gino Iorgulescu has announced that the system will start being tested this season, and hopefully at least one game in the league’s playoffs will be assisted this way. Gino Iorgulescu has stated that the implementation cost depends on the equipment other factors, because using the system entails using tw extra referees, two video operators and so on. Cost estimates indicate approximately 6-7,000 euros, but the amount could go up to 1.5 million. According to Iorgulescu, the final sum should cover two seasons.