After the game, Spartak mentor Guillermo Abascal expressed his displeasure with the refereeing.
“Guillermo Abascal has yet to see the referees break up games against Zenit in previous years.
Zenit beat Spartak in Moscow in the RPL game
The refereeing in this match was not ideal, there were a lot of unnecessary whistles, the referee didn’t let me fight at all. Some kind of level for stuffed bunnies,” RIA Novosti quoted Salikhov as saying.
Source: Sport

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