An hour later, after the end of the match with Metallurg, the coach of Podolia called the main referee and apologized to him
Last weekend there were not only games in the UPL, but also important matches in the Ukrainian First League. In Zaporozhye, at the Slavutich Arena, local Metallurgist took Khmelnytsky Podillya.
In the game of the 9th round, Metallurg achieved a minimal victory thanks to a converted penalty in the 82nd minute of the match. However, in the review of the First League games, the removal of the head coach of Podolia was discussed more Vitaly Kostyshinathan the game itself.
Today we talked with Vitaly Vladimirovich and learned from him interesting details of this fight.
“I believe that Podolia is having a good spring campaign – in the second part of the Ukrainian Championship we did not lose even once. Of course, we all wanted to go through this stage without defeat. There was quite an interesting and dynamic match in Zaporozhye. In the 82nd minute of the match, the hosts converted a penalty and took the lead – 1:0.”
“It is clear that after that the game opened up, and we did our best to save this meeting. It seemed to me that on the sidelines, referee Alexander Titov missed a couple of fouls from the Zaporozhye Metallurg players. Already in stoppage time, after another duel, I entered the field and took the card from the match referee, sending him off.”
“Of course, these were unnecessary emotions on my part. I didn’t insult anyone. It’s not nice of me, I admit it. Moreover, after the final whistle, I reviewed some controversial issues and saw that the referee was right. An hour after the end of the match, I called the main referee of the match, Alexander Titov, and apologized to him. In the future, I will control my emotions better and this episode will be a good lesson for me.”
Source: Sportarena
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