Athletistic / Football. By decision of the RFU CDC, Andrei Tikhonov was disqualified for five matches for criticizing referee Vera Opeikina.
The CDC called the coach’s comments “discrimination against women.”
Tikhonov commented on his punishment and expressed his disagreement with the final verdict.
“At the FCC meeting, I stated that I have no bias against female referees. We have been judged by women in both friendlies and legends matches. I did not indicate the gender of the referee, only that it is a person who is not, I even refereed the second league this season and was assigned. at our match. The CDC considered it gender discrimination. In fact, I was disqualified for simply calling her a woman. are not related to the fact that the referee was a woman If a man were in his place, I would ask: “Why was a man appointed?” responded Tikhonov.
“Yenisei” and the Ministry of Sports of the Krasnoyarsk Territory have already announced that an appeal will be filed.
Source: Sport
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