Honorary President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Vyacheslav Koloskov criticized the invitation of Serbian referee Milorad Mazhichan to head the RFU refereeing office. Words lead the way “News”.
“I have always been against the management of the Russian judiciary by a foreign expert. There have already been several attempts – Spaniards, Italians, Hungarians. What does that mean? no quality
It will be the same here. One important point: Milorad will need at least six months to resolve the issue. And during this period, refereeing can get worse.
Also, I think the quality of refereeing depends very little on who runs the section. It depends on how we work on the referee training system. Maybe I’m wrong, but I’ve never heard of the refereeing committee developing a strategy for the preparation of referees by 2030,” said Koloskov.
Mazhic will arrive in Moscow on June 29 and will take up his duties at the Russian Premier League (RPL) referees’ meeting. His contract with the RFU was signed for two years with the possibility of an extension for another season.
Mažić’s deputy will be his former deputy Dalibor Dzhurdzhevich, who will be responsible, among other things, for improving the quality of the VAR system.
Mažić has served in the matches of the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups, the 2017 Confederations Cup, the 2018 Champions League final and other international tournaments. After completing his career, he managed the judiciary in Cyprus and also taught at the International Football Federation (FIFA).
Serb has been a member of the expert-judicial commission under the President of the RFU (ESC RFU) since September 2022.
Former Russian referee invited For the Association of European Football Associations (UEFA) referees meeting.