MOSCOW, July 27 «Spartak» Alexander Sobolev in the match of the second round of the championship of Russia with «Krasnodar», follows from the decision of the expert-judging commission under the president of the Russian Football Union (ESK RFU), published on the website of the organization. On Saturday, «Krasnodar» lost at home to «Spartak» with a score 1:4. «Krasnodar» asked the commission to evaluate the work of the referee in episodes with the failure of the second warning to Sobolev, the goal of «Krasnodar» and the removal of the host player Alexander Chernikov. «The referee mistakenly did not issue a second warning in the match and, accordingly, did not remove the team player from the field «Spartak» Alexander Sobolev at the 32nd minute of the match.The decision of the ESC was motivated by the fact that this player, when entering into single combat with the player of «Krasnodar» Vyacheslav Litvinov for the riding ball, when choosing a position before jumping up in the direction of the ball, made an unnatural movement with his elbow, which led to contact in the area of the opponent's face, without thinking about his safety. The actions of the Spartak player, in the opinion of the majority of the commission members, should be regarded as reckless — the referee should have issued a warning to this player, «the report says. the commission also notes that Sobolev's further actions in relation to the Krasnodar player John Cordoba after the blow at the goal in the form of a demonstration close to the opponent's face of a provocative gesture that degrades his dignity, which could lead to a player's response and a mass confrontation between the players, is also unsportsmanlike behavior and requires a warning,» the statement added. The commission also concluded that the referee correctly counted the goal of Krasnodar (35th minute), and did not establish an obvious mistake in the decision to remove Chernikov from the field (37).
