Meciul dintre PSV Eindhoven şi Şahtior Soligorsk (1-0), din play-offul Ligi Europa, nu i-a pus prea mari probleme arbitrului român, dar olandezii i-au solicitat ţinerea unui moment de reculegere – în memoria ofiţerului lor de presă, Pedro Salazar, decedat recent. Cristi Balaj s-a conformat, numai că, potrivit Algemeen Dagblad, „totul a durat doar 10 secunde, nu un minut, cât se aştepta Eindhoven”.
Olandezii s-au supărat şi s-au plâns observatorului UEFA. Un reporter al ziarului Eindhoven Dagblad a spus că Ruud van Nistelrooy, acum în staff-ul lui PSV, l-a abordat pe Cristi Balaj la vestiare, cerîndu-i socoteală.
În regulamentul FIFA nu se precizează nicăieri că momentul de reculegere ar trebui să dureze un minut, durata obișnuită pentru astfel de ocazii în Olanda. Mai mult, jucătorii lui PSV au ieşit mai tîrziu de la cabine decât era programat.
52 de meciuri internaţionale a condus băimăreanul din 2003, de cînd e arbitru FIFA.
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