The Romanian ultras send a message to not just local Hungarians, but Hungary

Despite atrocities, threats and humiliation directed at Hungarians, the Sepsi OSK football team from Transylvania managed a win against U Cluj on their opponent’s home turf at the last round of the Romanian football championship. For the time being, authorities have been silent on the unprecedented scandal involving a match interruption.

As of Tuesday afternoon, not a single forum has commented on the unprecedented scandal: not the anti-discrimination office, nor the Romanian Football Association, the representatives of the professional league, much less the officials of the Cluj-Napoca club. Not even Emil Boc, former Romanian PM and current mayor of Cluj-Napoca, felt the need to say anything even though he was there and watched the whole event unfold. We can only speculate the reactions that will follow ranging from trivialization to a ban or to a monetary fine, larger than before. The Imre Mikó Law Society of Sepsiszentgyörgy which specializes in noting atrocities against Hungarians and exposing them to international forums, will certainly prepare its report.

According to sources in Cluj-Napoca, a series of provocative, negative articles have appeared concerning recent support for Transylvanian Hungarian infrastructure. These could have contributed significantly to the rising tensions. Following the success of Sepsi OSK, leaders of first league clubs have joined the chorus and the “secret” of the team has even been the topic of political speeches as well.

For the time being, the leaders of Sepsi OSK do not want to deal with this matter publicly, but they did reveal that by the end of the match, they almost felt that their lives could be threatened, but the fences and police stood in the way. Now, they are considering the security of Saturday’s home match against Bucharest Rapid as their most important task at hand and will take further steps depending on the association’s disciplinary committee’s decisions.

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