After the Ural-Krasnodar match, guest striker John Cordoba made an aggressive gesture to the referee. The striker turned to assistant referee Varanzo Petrosyan, clutching his crotch, and then ran to the locker room. This was reported by Telegram channel “Ale, ref”.
A relevant entry was made in the match report regarding the Colombian player’s violation. Spartak player Sobolev was previously disqualified for four matches for a similar violation.
Cordoba played 16 matches in the Russian Championship this season and scored eight goals.
On November 26, Krasnodar lost sensationally to Ural with a score of 1:3 in the round of 16 match of the Russian Premier League (RPL). Emerson, Egorychev and Kashtanov scored for the winners. Cordoba scored the guest team’s only goal.
Collecting 32 points after 16 rounds, Krasnodar rose from first place to second place in the rankings. Zenit came out on top thanks to a crushing 3:0 win against Sochi. Dinamo is in the top three. The blue-whites defeated CSKA with a score of 3-2. “Ural” is in 11th place.
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