The Expert Judicial Commission under the President of the RFU (ESC RFU) declared that the arbitrator Sergei Ivanov did not correctly award a penalty on goal”Zenith” at the end of the match of the 24th round of the MIR RPL against “Krasnodar “
The meeting on April 13 ended with the victory of the St. Petersburg club with a score of 2:1. In added time of the second half, Zenit goalkeeper Mikhail Kerzhakov collided with Krasnodar’s Ignacio Alonso in the fight for the ball.
— According to all members of the commission, the goalkeeper does not violate the rules of the game. There is no element of recklessness in his actions, and minor contact between the goalkeeper and the opponent occurs by inertia, does not affect the attacker’s playing actions and is not punishable. The committee unanimously supports the referee’s decision to continue the game and the VAR’s decision not to intervene in this situation due to the lack of grounds to consider the referee’s decision as clearly erroneous, indicates the communicated.
The committee also unanimously supported the non-awarding of a penalty during the match Krylya Sovetov – Rubin (2:0). In the 68th minute, the ball hit the hand of Samara team defender Roman Evgeniev. The ESC of the RFU considered that the hand was in a natural position and did not increase the surface area of the body, and that the blow was delivered at close range and that Evgeniev did not have the opportunity to withdraw his hand. hand.
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