Police in Romania say football fans threw their televisions out of their windows after the national team crashed out of the European Championships.
Officers in Iasi county were alerted by a number of small explosions after the end of the 2-2 draw with Denmark.
They found five people had ripped their television cables from the wall and hurled their sets into the streets below.
One of them, Marian Mire, said he couldn't accept the decisions of Swiss referee Urs Meier which had cost his team victory.
Denmark's goals came through a disputed penalty and an equaliser five minutes into injury time when fans thought the game should have been over. At 2-1, Romania would have qualified as group winners.
Mr Mire said: "I can't stand to see this. Romania lost a big chance because of him. Good bye, Portugal! Goodbye my TV set! I will never watch a Romanian national football team again."
Romania are still top of their group but have played all of their matches and will almost certainly finish third meaning they miss out on the Euro 2004 finals. Denmark or Bosnia-Herzegovina will top the group while Norway have only to beat Luxembourg to push Romania into third place.
Mr Meier's performance has caused an outrage in Romania where witches have called a congress to "punish" him and a lawyer is urging the government to declare him an "undesirable".
Mother Maria, from Ploiesti, told Gazeta de Sud newspaper: "Romania won but the referee took our victory. I talked to some witches and asked them to curse the man for getting in trouble and get fired from his job."
Meanwhile, lawyer Catalin Dancu told National newspaper: "I think if the Government cares for the people then this referee will never set foot in our country. He humiliated us all."
Officers in Iasi county were alerted by a number of small explosions after the end of the 2-2 draw with Denmark.
They found five people had ripped their television cables from the wall and hurled their sets into the streets below.
One of them, Marian Mire, said he couldn't accept the decisions of Swiss referee Urs Meier which had cost his team victory.
Denmark's goals came through a disputed penalty and an equaliser five minutes into injury time when fans thought the game should have been over. At 2-1, Romania would have qualified as group winners.
Mr Mire said: "I can't stand to see this. Romania lost a big chance because of him. Good bye, Portugal! Goodbye my TV set! I will never watch a Romanian national football team again."
Romania are still top of their group but have played all of their matches and will almost certainly finish third meaning they miss out on the Euro 2004 finals. Denmark or Bosnia-Herzegovina will top the group while Norway have only to beat Luxembourg to push Romania into third place.
Mr Meier's performance has caused an outrage in Romania where witches have called a congress to "punish" him and a lawyer is urging the government to declare him an "undesirable".
Mother Maria, from Ploiesti, told Gazeta de Sud newspaper: "Romania won but the referee took our victory. I talked to some witches and asked them to curse the man for getting in trouble and get fired from his job."
Meanwhile, lawyer Catalin Dancu told National newspaper: "I think if the Government cares for the people then this referee will never set foot in our country. He humiliated us all."
