Coach Leonid Slutsky said he did not find it fair that referee Yevgeny Kukulyak was sacked as a referee in the Russian Premier League (RPL) and the Russian Cup.
The referee in the quarter-final match of the Russian Cup Regions Road with the Moscow “Dynamo” in St. Petersburg “Zenith” could not throw an 11-meter hit on the gates.
“For some reason, we do not take into account the fact that Kukulyak is a brilliant referee who very well evaluates and understands the moments when there is no internal enmity between players and coaches.
Anyone can make mistakes, but we understand who has full authority to make those mistakes. “I think this is an absolutely false and illogical story,” he said. Youtube channel “Comment.Show”.
In the match played between Zenit and Dinamo, Kukulyak decided not to give a penalty after watching VAR. Zenit midfielder Claudinho, who suddenly fouled, hit Dynamo forward Konstantin Tyukavin in the leg while trying to hit the ball from outside the penalty area and fell onto the grass.
After this incident, the general manager of the Moscow club Pavel Pivovarov suggested that Yevgeny Kukulyak be sent to a polygraph, especially since there is already such a practice in Russian football.
Previously recognizedSpartak Moscow is in dialogue with the Russian Football Union (RFU) Refereeing Department. This was announced by the head of the press service of the red-whites Dmitry Zelenov in connection with earlier information about a closed meeting of club representatives with the head of the judiciary Pavel Kamantsev and referee Vitaly Meshkov.