“In general, Kukuyan worked the match well. I like the overall picture, he withstood a good level of martial arts, everything went well – in both directions. Pavel controlled the game, showing very good work. But there is one episode that personally raises questions for me. And if this is not corrected, it will raise questions in the future. I am talking about the impeachment of Khlusevich.
What should Kukuyan have done at that moment? The referee should have awarded a penalty, immediately shown the player a card, even yellow, and waited for what the VAR would tell him. There they would examine the location of the infraction and a possible red card and call it to the monitor. This is how it should work. And now Kukuyan is under pressure, he is thinking about what he should do – because he did not take the initial steps. This behavior of the referee can put a strain on both Spartak and others. This is why clubs are writing letters to the ESC, claiming that referees are violating VAR protocol by waiting for clues from assistants. In reality, of course, this is not the case, because all the files are sent to UEFA, and everything is strict about it. But such behavior on the part of the judge can only irritate. Kukuyan had to make a decision right away – and then there would be no more questions to ask him. But, as I already said, all the decisions were correct, there are no questions for him regarding the match,” Fedotov said in the Championship.
Spartak played in the minority from the 38th minute of the match with Lokomotiv, but managed to open the score and almost won. The red-whites occupy sixth place in the RPL ranking with 21 points. Lokomotiv lags behind Guillermo Abascal’s team in additional indicators and occupies seventh place.
Source: Sport
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