C.-PETERSBURG, May 21, Dmitry Edigarev. The indecent gesture that the Spartak football player Alexander Sobolev showed in the match of the 28th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) with CSKA speaks of the bad manners of the attacker, said the former football player of the Red-Whites Alexander Mostovoy.
On Sunday, CSKA in the match of the 28th round of the RPL lost to Spartak away with a score of 1:2. At the 69th minute, referee Sergei Karasev sent Sobolev and CSKA defender Willian Roshu off the field for unsportsmanlike behavior. Sobolev earned a removal for showing an obscene gesture towards Roshi. The CSKA defender received a red card when, in a conversation with the referees, he repeated Sobolev's gesture, trying to explain what happened.
“A draw in this game would have been a more fair result if the referee hadn’t made a mistake in sending off CSKA player Willian Roshi. It was a mistake, because it’s not clear why he was given a red card. Rocha just wanted to show that the referees should see the gesture of Alexander Sobolev. If we talk about this gesture … these are emotions and bad manners. The removal of Roshi affected the course of the game, everyone got excited, «said Mostovoy.
Russian Premier League (RPL)21 May 2023 • Start at 16:30End
Spartak MoscowRussia2 : 1
CSKARussia
44' • Quincy Promes90' • Quincy Promes
38' • Jesus Medina
The winning goal was scored in stoppage time for the match. «Spartak» got the right to a penalty, which beat Quincy Promes. CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev parried the shot, but Promes was accurate on the rebound. Earlier in the course of the meeting, another penalty kick against CSKA was not counted after the video review.
““As for the first penalty, Sergey Karasev got it right. In the episode with the second penalty, I first thought that there really was a kick to the legs, and then I saw that the player himself fell. The judges also make mistakes, but the question is why often?», — added Mostovoy.