Source: Lokomotiv appealed to the ESC RFU for the match with Rostov

MOSCOW, July 25, Sergey Fuks.Moscow «Lokomotiv» appealed to the Expert Referee Commission (ESC) of the Russian Football Union (RFU) with a request to evaluate the work of the referee team led by Alexei Sukhy in the Russian Championship match with «Rostov» on four episodes of the meeting, said a source close to the capital club. Russian Premier League (RPL)July 24, 2022 • start at 20:00EndLokomotivRussia2 : 2RostovRussiaThe game of the second round of the Russian Premier League was held in Moscow and ended in a draw — 2:2. «In the 49th minute, Lokomotiv goalkeeper Daniil Khudyakov wanted to quickly put the ball into play, but could not, because the opponent's player Danila Prokhin threw the ball down at the front line towards the field. The club regards this as an intentional prolongation of time and believes that a yellow card should have been shown for this. Given that Prokhin already had a yellow card, the referee had to remove him, «said the source. At 64- th minute second yellow card for a skirmish with the player «Rostov» Alexei Mironov received halfback hosts Alexis Beka-Beka. “Mironov held Beka-Bek with his hand, which is a violation of the rules. Alexis tried to remove the opponent’s hand and turned to the judge to draw his attention to the moment. Then Daniil Utkin intervened in the episode, a skirmish began, after which the judge, according to the club excessive severity, showing yellow cards to Mironov and Beka-Bek, for whom she became the second, «the source said. Also in Lokomotiv they are sure that Sukhoi gave the final whistle too early. “The referee added five minutes, and the total time of two stoppages of the match was 165 seconds. Then the match continued until the Rostov players had the ball. As soon as the Lokomotiv players took the ball away and started a promising counterattack, the final whistle sounded. The club considers that the referee made a serious mistake, not allowing the Lokomotiv players to complete the counterattack,» the agency's interlocutor said. ran up to the players standing next to the referee, across the entire field, but at the same time did not behave aggressively and did not make any defiant gestures,» the source concluded.