St. PETERSBURG, April 29, Sergey Yaremenko. Russian Football Union ( RFU) and the RFU Ethics Committee did not receive official complaints from referee Alexei Matyunin about the decision of the expert-judging commission under the president of the Russian Football Union (ESC RFU) and the statements of the president of the Russian Premier League (RPL) Ashot Khachaturyants, said the honorary president of the RFU Vyacheslav Koloskov. Matyunin said on Thursday that he would file a complaint due to the decision of the RFU ESC to recognize as erroneous two verdicts of the referee in the match of the 26th round of the RPL Khimki — Krylya Sovetov (4: 1) and the statements of Khachaturyants. Matyunin removed two players from the guests and awarded a penalty to the gates of the Volga. Khachaturyants, head of the ESC, criticized the refereeing of the match, calling it “disgraceful.” “As far as I understand, neither the RFU, nor the ethics committee, nor any other committees have any official statements from Matyunin. So far, this is all talk. Apparently, he said rashly. I don’t understand why complain if the experts found his refereeing unsatisfactory. He made at least two scoring errors. What complaints can there be?» — said Koloskov. As a result of the meeting, «Wings of the Soviets» turned to the ESC with a request to consider the work of Matyunin. On Wednesday, the commission recognized as erroneous two verdicts of the arbitrator — the appointment of a penalty and the decision to count the second ball into the goal of the guests.
