Former referee of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Sergey Lapochkin, the head referee of the Zenit – Spartak match in the 26th week of the Russian Premier League (RPL), Pavel Kukuyan’s match for Robert to St. He said that he should assign a penalty to the St. Petersburg team. Renan foul on Keita Balde.
In the first half of the match, the Brazilian stepped on the foot of the red-white forward with dunks, but no violation of the rule was recorded.
“Whether you wanted it or not, it was a foul and of course a penalty should have been awarded. The referee may not have seen it but VAR had to intervene in this episode. Unfortunately, the video referees did not intervene for some reason,” Lapochkin says.Match TV”.
Zenit defeated Spartak 3-2 and secured their fifth consecutive league title with four weeks left of the season. Given the victory of Zenit in the USSR championship, the team has succeeded in the national championship for the tenth time in history.
Players of the St. Petersburg club will receive the gold medal and the championship trophy on May 13 after the 27th round match of the RPL with Krasnodar.
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