MOSCOW, April 4, Vasily Bogdanov.A member of the Ethics Committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU), Anzor Kavazashvili, said that no requests were received regarding the statements of the president of the Yekaterinburg «Ural» Grigory Ivanov to the referees of the match of the Russian Premier League with CSKA. On Sunday, CSKA played a draw at home with » Ural» in the match of the 23rd round of the championship of Russia 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 a video review, decided not to award a penalty to CSKA after a Ural player fell in the penalty area. Ivanov, in a conversation with reporters, called the judges «goats.» «So far, no requests have been received. Previously, the ethics committee had the opportunity to independently take some episodes for consideration, but later the procedure was amended. Now either the president can bring questions up for discussion, either vice-president or general secretary of the RFU.After that, the committee receives a certain time for consideration — from several days to a week.During this time, it is necessary to consider all the circumstances, as well as obtain clarifications from the participants.In the case of Ivanov, we want to first understand, in What was the form of the statements and what caused them. Was it said threateningly or with regret? Are we talking about the unskilled work of the referee or that he clearly helped one of the teams? In addition, we are very interested in the reaction of the referee committee, which should send the protocol with all relevant notes. Then we will determine possible violations by Ivanov,» Kavazashvili said. “My opinion is that the president of Ural should not have spoken at all on the topic of refereeing. As you know, two years ago a resolution was adopted prohibiting club officials from publicly condemning the work of referees. At that time there were many, so to speak, remarks to the referees, there were threats, insults, accusations of helping some clubs and «killing» others. So now, if someone allows himself something like this at the end of the matches, it should be punished. Many coaches have already experienced this for themselves, including Valery Karpin and Leonid Slutsky,» the source added.
