Former Soviet footballer Yevgeny Lovchev called a circus referee Vitaly Meshkov’s decision to disallow Spartak Moscow striker Alexander Sobolev’s goal against Urals Yekaterinburg in the Round 18 match of the WORLD Russian Premier League (RPL) ).
The meeting in Moscow ended with the score 2:2. For Meshkov, this match was the 200th in the Russian championship. In the 86th minute of play, the referee did not count Sobolev’s goal.
— There were 88 minutes of play where the Reds-Whites were not allowed to play, to develop attacks. Gancharenko looked at Spartak and chose an option that allowed him not only to count on a draw, but could even win.
“Spartak” came out to play football, and “Ural” – to win. This was evident throughout the game – the guests carefully slowed down the game, committed a foul, the goalkeeper played for time. Obviously there isn’t enough support either – Spartak will struggle in home matches until the stands are full. Getting people together quickly for the games is a huge factor.
According to the judge and the decision, it’s just a circus. After all, Meshkov whistled, which stopped the game. Everything that happens after the whistle has no relation to the rating of the episode – why watch VAR then? The second point – we see how sometimes even when the obvious “out of play” they still let the episode end, they don’t whistle. So who fired Meshkov, why did he whistle – well, let him finish the game and then decide what to do! Spartak scored a clean goal, the Ural goalkeeper collided with his player,” Lovchev wrote on his Telegram channel.
Spartak are second in the RPL standings with 37 points, Urals are 10th with 22 points.
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Source : MatchTV
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