Pavel Kamantsev, head of the refereeing division of the Russian Football Union (RFU), said that referee Vitaly Meshkov will return to duty soon.
“He will definitely come back. Hopefully in the 21st round or in the Russian Cup. We want the referees to work flawlessly. The rotation time is more dependent on his colleagues,” he said. “Sport Express”.
Let us remind you that Meshkov did not count Moscow Spartak’s striker Alexander Sobolev’s goal in the match played between the red-whites and the Urals of Yekaterinburg in the 18th week of the Russian Premier League (RPL). The meeting eventually ended with a score of 2:2. After this match, Meshkov did not receive appointments for matches.
Former goalkeeper of the USSR national team and Spartak Anzor Kavazashvili had previously suggested that Meshkov would be suspended until the end of the Russian championship season.
“An umpire who makes a serious mistake should be penalized. For Spartak, Meshkov’s mistake was decisive, ”the statement said.
Previously, the former owner of Spartak Leonid Fedun, his wife Zarema Salikhova, answered To the words of Pavel Kamantsev, head of refereeing of the Russian Football Union (RFU), who compared the mistakes of the referee of the match between Muscovites and Ural Vitaly Meshkov with the mistakes of the red and white striker Quincy Promes.