Chairman of the Referee Committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Pavel Kamantsev Youtube channel “Komment.Show” stated that referee Evgeny Kukulyak had no reason to send off Akhmat Grozny player Bernard Berisha for jumping on Spartak Moscow head coach Guillermo Abascal.
“Why wasn’t Berisha dismissed? Because, in accordance with the game rules, Kukulyak and the substitute referee decided that there were provocative actions in the technical area of the opposing team and received a yellow card.
Now we could argue that this particular situation stands out among similar situations and that perhaps it warrants greater penalties, but we are talking about the rules and interpretations that currently exist. Now the yellow card.
The CDC had already announced that this story would be disregarded as the judge evaluated it on the ground. In case of a complaint to the ESC, the ESC will make its decision on this matter. However, it will not have any legal consequences.
In this case, there was no room for a red card according to the rules of the game. If it hits the ram and Abascal has to make a maneuver to escape, then the situation will be completely different,” said Kamantsev.
Berisha made a two-footed leap towards Abascal as he celebrated his team’s goal. The Spaniard pushed the football player back. When the referee of the match, Evgeniy Kukulyak, showed the player a yellow card, the red-white coach was expelled. According to the regulations, the midfielder must also receive a red card for being in the opponent’s bench area.
The match ended with the Grozny team winning 2:1. Hamid Agalarov and Svetoslav Kovachev scored. Anton Zinkovsky scored for the Muscovites.
Previously President of Referees in the name If he does not punish Berisha, he will resign.