The President of the Russian Premier League (RPL), Alexander Alaev, commented on the decision of the General Manager of Samara “Wings of the Soviets” Vadim Andreev to resign from his post. sports24.
reportedHe said the club president’s decision was due to the inaction of the RPL leadership in matters related to numerous referee errors in matches involving the team.
“The decision of the Director General of Wings of the Soviets is emotional. But you can definitely understand. Questions from club leaders piled up, and not only Vadim Andreev.
Objectively, what’s going on in refereeing the RPL this season raises a lot of questions. The final round, where we had to discuss refereeing with club leaders after the results of the matches and sometimes along the way, was no exception,” he said.
On April 23, Krylya Sovetov lost on the road to Paris Nizhny Novgorod in the match of the 24th round of the RPL – 1: 2. After the match, representatives of the Samara club expressed their dissatisfaction with the refereeing, which led to the defeat of the team. The club announced that it will file a complaint with the expert referee commission, which is subordinate to the President of the Russian Football Union (ESC RFU).
A penalty kick was awarded to Krylia’s gate after the ball hit Samara defender Nikolai Rasskazov in the 34th minute. In the 42nd minute, the head referee of the match, Roman Galimov, recorded Nikita Kakkoev’s foul on Vladimir Pisarsky at the edge of the penalty area, but did not steal the penalty.