“Kukuliak was scared, such referees spoil the image of Russian football” – Tyukavin’s agent on an unawarded penalty against Zenit

The main referee of the match “Zenith” – “Dynamo” Yevgeny Kukulyak who in the second half did not put a penalty on the goal of the St. Petersburg team in the episode with Moscow footballer Konstantin Tyukavin, suffered a well-deserved punishment, said the agent of the striker of the Dynamo Alexei Safonov at .

On Wednesday, a team of referees headed by Yevgeny Kukulyak officiated the match of the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Path of the Regions of the Russian Cup between Zenit Saint Petersburg and Dynamo (1-1, 4-5 on penalties). In the second half, in the Zenit penalty area, Claudinho kicked Konstantin Tyukavin in the leg. Kukulyak watched the episode after the VAR prompt, but did not register a rule violation.

After the ESC RFU meeting on Thursday, Pavel Kamantsev, head of the RFU arbitration department, told that the committee’s decision on the episode was unanimous: a penalty should have been awarded without a card YELLOW. As a result, it was decided to suspend Kukulyak for some time – the referee will not be able to qualify for nominations for matches due to a low score, and after a break he will be able to return to work in MELBET First League.

– Kukulyak suffered an absolutely deserved punishment, the whole country saw the violation! You can’t judge like that! They spoke to Kostya, he said: “Probably, for a penalty you need to break your leg.” Well, the football people have understood everything, what to discuss? The judge was scared. Such referees spoil the image of our football,” Safonov told .

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