Former Russian national team goalkeeper and Lokomotiv Ruslan Nigmatullin believes that Zenit and Spartak players who were disqualified in multi-games for their fight in the Russian Cup were severely punished.
“The day is not good for the players above. I think the punishment is very cruel. It is clear that this was done so that no one would be in a habit. He might call it a public flogging. Will the Russian Cup itself benefit from the loss of these players? I do not think so. He will just lose. It is clear that the rules should be the same for everyone. But I think it’s tough. It was possible to get along with half of the matches,” Nigmatullin says. “Sport Express”.
Recall that immediately after the end of the regular time of the match, a massive fight broke out on the field with the participation of not only the players, but also the substitutes and technical team representatives. It all started with the whistle of Zenit’s Wilmar Barrios and Spartak forward Quincy Promes. Then Rodrigao and Shamar Nicholson joined. The Brazilian kicked in this fight.
Six players (Malcolm, Rodrigao, Barrios, Sobolev, Nicholson and Selikhov) were suspended for six matches in the Russian Cup.
Formerly Leonid Fedun Evaluated the punishment of the players “Zenith” and “Spartak” who had a fight in the match of the Russian Cup.