Offensive “Rostov” Artem Ntumba in an interview with commented on the episode with a penalty in the match of the eighth round of the Russian Championship against Moscow “Torpedo” .
The match took place on Monday in Khimki and ended 1-0 in favor of Rostov. In the 9th minute added to the second half, Rostovites defender Maxim Osipenko converted a penalty. Before that, chief referee Bobrovsky twice asked to stop the strikes from 11 meters, both parried by Egor Baburin.
– I will not say anything about the decisions of the referees concerning the penalties. But in the moment with Komlichenko, as for me, he made the right decision. I myself saw that the goalkeeper had crossed the goal line. Was it the first time you had to deal with them interrupting the penalty spot over and over again? No, I saw him at 4-3-3! But as a participant in the game, I saw this for the first time. What did that look like? For Rostov fans, probably, both fun and sad.
Were you discouraged when I didn’t score in an empty net? Me too. Accepted, looked around – I see two players around. I think, “I won’t hit with the bottom, because they’ll push it away with their foot.” As a result, I knocked upstairs, but got it above the door. I wanted it to be at an uncomfortable height for opposing players. It turned out – how it happened. I apologize to the team. If we lost points, it would be my fault,” Ntumba said.
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Torpedo is in 15th place in the Russian Championship standings with one point. Rostov is in sixth position (16).
Source : MatchTV
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