Referee Sukhoi did not award a penalty against Spartak in the Russian Cup match against Zenit

The commission of refereeing experts under the President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) decided that the referee Alexei Sukhoi did not correctly award a penalty against Moscow “Spartak “during the FONBET Russian Cup match against Saint Petersburg”Zenith” .

On Wednesday, Zenit drew against Spartak in the second leg of the ½ final of the RPL Way of the Russian Cup – 0:0. In the 78th minute of the match, Red-White defender Georgy Dzhikiya caught Blue-White-Blue player Vyacheslav Karavaev in the penalty area, after which the player of the St. Petersburg club fell to the lawn.

— The decision of the CES was motivated by the fact that, in the opinion of all members of the commission, the actions of Spartak player Georgy Dzhikia during a duel for the ball with Zenit player Vyacheslav Karavaev were not clearly not punishable, since the manner in which Dzhikia entered the duel was not reckless, the defender’s contact with the attacker’s foot occurred after the attacker completed his action by hitting the ball in direction of the opposing goal, and the degree Its impact was minimal and did not in any way affect the action of the attacking player who performed this kick on goal, says the report on the official website of the RFU.

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. The Red and White will face Dynamo Moscow. Zenit reached the final of the RPL Path, where they will play with the capital CSKA.

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RFU official website