MOSCOW, April 3, Vasily Bogdanov. President of the Yekaterinburg football club «Ural» Grigory Ivanov, after the match of the 23rd round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) with CSKA Moscow, harshly criticized the work of the referee team. The meeting, which took place in Moscow on Sunday, ended with a score of 2:2. In stoppage time for the match, the chief referee Igor Panin, with the score 2:1 in favor of Ural, after the intervention of VAR, appointed a penalty kick against the Yekaterinburg team, which the hosts converted. Later, in another episode, Panin also, after watching the video, decided not to award a penalty to CSKA after the Ural player fell in the penalty area. “This referee is a goat. see. Am I in charge of these goats? They have leaders, so let them decide. What do you want from me? For me to swear? And so there is no mood. And this moment with not awarding a penalty in our favor: the judge, after all went to watch the replay. And then the referees told us that although there was a touch, it was light. What difference does it make — a light touch, or a strong one?» Ivanov told reporters.
