Valery Karpin, head coach of Rostov and the Russian national team, called for not rushing the transition of the Russian Premier League (RPL) to the “spring-autumn” system Sports24.
“Imagine the decisive 30th round being held on this date. What to do then? Therefore, before deciding on anything, you need to carefully weigh and analyze everything. It was possible to play in Moscow on December 2 and 4. “I guess so,” said Karpin.
On December 3, Rostov lost against CSKA with a score of 0:2 at the VEB Arena. Fedor Chalov and Victor Mendez scored.
The match may not have taken place at the scheduled time. The decision to postpone the match was made by the main referee of the match, Rafael Shafeev, just before the start of the match. The match started at the scheduled time. In Moscow, the stadium field could not be cleared of snow, and during the match, field workers cleared the penalty area with shovels.
Karpin was unhappy that the decision to postpone the match was not taken. “But what kind of idiot decided to play, what kind of idiot?” – he said emotionally after the match. The coach faces disqualification.
Previously Karpin statedHe said after the CSKA match that he did not regret what he said.