Mass brawl with the participation of St. Petersburg players “Zenith” and Moscow “Spartacus” became an accident, in which there is no fault of the chief referee Vladimir Moskalev, the FIFA referee said in an interview with Sergei Karasev .
The meeting of the teams within the framework of the Russian Cup was held in Saint Petersburg in November and ended with Zenit winning on penalties. After the end of regulation time, a massive brawl took place on the court, following which the FTC RFU disqualified Malcolm, Rodrigao, William Barrios, Alexander Selikhov, Shamar Nicholson and Alexander Sobolev for six games.
– You were supposed to work during the game between Zenit and Spartak, but you missed it due to illness. When you watched the match, what did you think? Thank God you didn’t judge. Or did they feel sorry for Moskalev that it all happened like this?
– No, I don’t have that at all. I prayed for everything to end well, because for any referee it is not his game, when it is urgent to prepare and go somewhere to substitute, it is a big responsibility. When you discover the appointment, you begin to prepare, to work on the moments. In general, it’s your game, it’s yours. And going like that spontaneously is a whole different story.
I watched the last 20 minutes, because of the disease, it was even very difficult physically to do that. And that whistle, and… it started. An accident, you can’t call it anything else,” Karasev told .
– In other words, it is not an error of the Chief Justice?
– Not. Personally, my opinion based on the last 20 minutes I watched – the ref ended the game, everything was fine. He whistled, and only then it all started. Therefore, I can only support Volodya. Such an accident could happen to any of us.
What’s your rating for the episode? Some say that Quincy Promes started a brawl, others say that on the contrary, he was held and beaten there.
“I won’t go into details. It’s all been said and retold, the FTC has delivered its verdict. But when it comes to refereeing, I’m completely on Volodya’s side. Nobody can guarantee that the same thing wouldn’t happen to me when I was going to this game. Even though I have more experience. It happened, it happens. It just bypassed people and it started. Although the final whistle has already been given, a penalty must be taken, leave the field and fly away on vacation.
– The head of the RFU arbitration committee, Pavel Kamantsev, in an interview with said that you called the match Argentina – Netherlands “tin”. There was also a lot…
– That’s exactly what I’m talking about! Such games are even among the most honored and experienced great referees. How many finals, Cups and all the rest. If you take it seriously, “for the garlic”, it was possible to remove it during the game too…
Read the full version of Sergey Karasev’s interview on Tuesday on the site.
Source : MatchTV
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