Former referee of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Yuri Savchenko, FTC RFU’s St. Petersburg “Zenith” Wilmar Barrios commented on the decision not to additionally punish the player for his violation of Moscow “Dynamo” midfielder Denis Makarov. In the 3rd week match of the Russian Premier League (RPL) RT.
Wilmar Barrios should have been suspended for two games. The FTC has decided to act solely in the best interests of Zenit. Because St. Petersburgers are afraid of the Spartak game,” he said.
In the fourth stoppage of the second half, the referee of the match, Alexei Amelin, removed Barrios from the game after watching the video replay. The direct cause of the red card was a harsh intervention – he flew with both feet into the ankle of the Dynamo player Denis Makarov.
90+6 two minutes after Barrios was kicked out. Vyacheslav Grulev scored the winning goal for Dynamo in minutes. The match ended with a score of 3:2.
Formerly Zenit refused requesting the cancellation of the red card given to the club’s player.