MOSCOW, April 6, Pavel Levkovich. football began to appear because of foreigners at the head of the refereeing department, said the honorary president of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Vyacheslav Koloskov. On April 6, an emergency meeting of the refereeing committee of the RFU will be held. The President of the Russian Premier League (RPL), Ashot Khachaturyants, noted that certain measures would be taken against individual judges. «An emergency meeting is a question of the qualifications of judges, I think there is no question of their bias. It is also a question of their level of competence, training and struggle with psychological pressure. From my point of view, problems in our refereeing began when foreigners came to the leadership. First there was some Italian, then some Portuguese. When there were our specialists, everything was better. Russian judges better understand the specifics and mentality. There used to be academies, but now you can’t even see how they are preparing. It seems that all the emphasis is on the top, and no one looks below, «said Koloskov. The honorary president of the RFU is sure that the refereeing department has become unbalanced with the departure of Khachaturyants . «It's not just the last round, there are effective errors in almost every one. This indicates systemic errors, they need to be dealt with in detail, and this should be done by specialists. The main thing is that with the departure of Khachaturyants to the league, the committee was left without a leader, everything became unbalanced. The leader helps, protects and fully monitors the process. And after Khachaturyants, Pereira also left. We need to carefully understand the essence of the issue, we have no other judges. It is also important to personally talk with everyone and understand why this is happening, «added the source of the agency.
