MOSCOW, May 23. CSKA Football Club Communications Director Kirill Breido said on his Telegram channel that the team's defender Willian Rocha did not provoke the attacker of the Moscow «Spartak» Alexander Sobolev.
On Sunday, CSKA in the match of the 28th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) lost to Spartak away with a score of 1:2. At the 69th minute, referee Sergei Karasev sent Sobolev and 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. Later, the Let Strike Telegram channel reported that there was a video in which Rosha provoked Sobolev with a similar gesture.
“Some colleagues from the media are asking how we could comment on the development of the story with provocations during the derby. But, sorry, what kind of development are we talking about? It took two days for the prospartak channels to find the moments where Rocha was adjusts playing shorts. In one case, Sobolev stands 10 meters behind Roshi, and in the other, he stands with his back. And then follows a comment about the artificial escalation of the situation. Seriously, «Breido wrote.
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