The referee of the second leg of the ½ final of the Russian Cup RPL FONBET Zenit – Spartak Alexei Sukhoi should have awarded a penalty against the Muscovites in the 79th minute, former FIFA referee Sergei Lapochkin said on .
On Wednesday, Zenit drew against Spartak (0:0). In the 79th minute of the match, Red-White defender Georgiy Dzhikiya, being in his own penalty area, fought with Blue-White-Blue player Vyacheslav Karavaev.
— It was necessary to award a penalty because Dzhikiya, without playing the ball, hit his knee. The ball is in play, so it’s a penalty,” Lapochkin said on .
Having lost the sum of two matches with a total score of 1:2, Spartak fell to the lower bracket and will continue to compete in the Path of Regions. Zenit reached the RPL Path final.
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Source : MatchTV
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