MOSCOW, Aug 25 Refereeing Department of the Russian Football Union (RFU) ) supported the decision of referee Sergei Karasev to appoint a penalty kick against St. Petersburg «Zenith» in the match of the fifth round of the national championship against Moscow «Spartak», according to a video posted on the YouTube channel of the RFU.
The meeting was held in Moscow and ended with the score 3:1 in favor of the guests. In the middle of the second half, Karasev initially did not appoint a penalty after the ball hit the hand of Zenit player Wilmar Barrios, and also showed a yellow card to Spartak midfielder Daniil Khlusevich, who violated the rules in a return attack. The arbitrator changed his decision after the intervention of the video assistant referee (VAR) system.
“After watching the VAR, the referee correctly appointed a penalty kick against Zenit and correctly canceled the warning to Daniil Khlusevich. The initial decision of the referee is to continue the game and issue a warning to the Spartak player in the next episode. VAR's decision is a penalty against Zenit” The decision of the referee after viewing — a penalty kick against Zenit and the cancellation of the warning to the player of Spartak, the message says.
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