Russian coach Igor Shalimov believes referees unfairly awarded a penalty against Copenhagen in the Champions League group stage fourth round match with “Manchester United”.
The Group A meeting took place on Wednesday in Copenhagen and ended with a score of 4:3 in favor of the home team. In the second half, Lithuanian referee Donatas Rumsas, after reviewing the VAR, awarded a penalty to the Danish club for a handball by Lukas Lerager in his own area. The penalty was converted by Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes in the 69th minute, making the score 3:2 in favor of the visitors.
“I don’t understand why the hand is not in its natural position.” How does the referee determine this? Where should the hand be when a person jumps one meter off the ground? Should it be like the steadfast toy soldier? Well, that’s absurd! Why wasn’t she in a natural position? There was no handball. Ask the referees to go onto the field, run around and take a photo of themselves to understand the natural hand position. It’s impossible to watch.
Back to the RPL, in the episode with Osipenko they don’t give penalties, but here in the Champions League they do. There, the ball flew into the goal, but here, we have absolutely no idea where. I can no longer talk about these subjects. In our country, all judicial amendments and recommendations come from Europe in English. Maybe they should hire another translator? “I don’t know what to do anymore,” Shalimov said on the air of the show “Everyone for the match!”. on .
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Copenhagen scored 4 points and rose to second place in the standings, beating Turkish Galatasaray in additional indicators. Manchester United (3) are in fourth place. The leader of the quartet is the German from Bayern Munich (12), who secured early access to the playoffs.
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