Lokomotiv midfielder and captain Dmitry Barinov spoke about the fact that the “railway workers” could be forfeited in the quarter-final match of the Russian Cup Regions Road against Akron due to the player’s yellow cards. “Sport Express”.
Barinov was supposed to miss the meeting, but got on the field.
“I did not know about the yellow card situation. If I had known, I would not have played, I would not have entered the field. I have nothing more to say,” said the football player.
Lokomotiv was defeated in a duel with Akron and relegated from the Russian Cup. The main time of the match ended with a score of 1:1 and in the penalty shootout, Togliatti’s (7:6) team came out stronger and will play in the Regions Road semi-final.
The media reported that Lokomotiv violated the rules of the tournament and declared team captain Dmitry Barinov, who had previously received two yellow cards in the matches against Spartak, for his match with Akron. He had to miss the second quarterfinal match due to a warning blast. In the event of a win for the red-greens, Akron or the Russian Football Union (RFU) could contest the result of the last match, which would then forfeit a defeat to Lokomotiv.
It was reported earlier that he was in the First Division “Akron” club from Togliatti. announcedThey announced that they will not object to Lokomotiv Moscow’s violation of the Russian Cup rules in the match of the Quarter-final second stage of the Tournament Road of Regions.