“Regular complaints are a manifestation of weakness”: why Krasnodar should stop talking about refereeing

“We consider it a denunciation”

The last week turned out to be extremely difficult for Krasnodar.

First, the team lost with a devastating score to CSKA in the RPL, then lost to Lokomotiv in the Russian Cup in a penalty shootout.

Finally, the club suffered a no less painful defeat in the Expert Referee Commission of the Russian Football Union, where they turned after the match with the army team.

The southerners were dissatisfied with the appointment of all three penalties in their own net, the non-appointment of a penalty kick in their favor, as well as the decision of the referee Sergei Ivanov to count Fedor Chalov's goal from the "point" in the seventh minute added to the first half.

However, all the verdicts of the referee were found to be correct.

So, in the episode with the first penalty, it was decided that Matvey Safonov really knocked Chalov down, and colleagues at VAR correctly prompted Ivanov to watch the replay.

In the moment with the second penalty Olakunle Olusegun committed a foul by negligence on Jorge Carrascal.

They did not find any mistakes in the commission and in the decision of the referee to interrupt the third penalty of CSKA.

“ESC’s decision is motivated by the fact that this verdict of the referee was based on strict adherence to the text of the rules of the game and the VAR protocol, since when the penalty kick is executed, the striker’s partner No. 22 Milan Gajic, having entered the penalty area before the kick, takes advantage of this by scoring after the ball bounces off the opposing goalkeeper.

At the same time, the player who performed the 11-meter kick and the goalkeeper did not violate the rules, ”the RFU ESC noted.

The Commission did not see a violation of the rules in the actions of Victor Mendez, when shortly before the break he hit Alexei Ionov on the leg with spikes.

According to experts, there was contact by inertia, and both players acted without deliberate rudeness.

But the trouble for the club did not come alone.

Along the way, the Control and Disciplinary Committee of the RFU suspended striker John Cordoba for two matches.

The reason was his swearing at the judges in Spanish during the break of the meeting with CSKA.

The incident fell into the camera lens of the Match TV channel.

“Cordoba's words came to us from the news feed - along with the video.

During the preparation, I spoke with the correspondent Alexei Kovalev, who filmed it.

Asked to confirm the authenticity of the document.

The refereeing department of the RFU was also informed.

Plus, we clearly understood that we would not be based on the translation of Match TV, and we needed a certified specialist in Spanish ... Cordoba confirmed the correctness of the translation, ”explained Artur Grigoryants, head of the FTC RFU.

In response, the general director of Krasnodar, Vladimir Khashig, announced a boycott of the channel. 

"It's hard to compete with Moscow clubs"

At the same time, immediately after the match with CSKA, the functionary made much tougher statements.

For example, he drew the attention of fans to the extremely high odds for the victory of the southerners - in the region of 7.5.

Allegedly, the ambiguous refereeing of Ivanov turned out to be connected with this.

Khashig even promised to involve law enforcement agencies in the investigation.

“We clearly record that nothing changes.

When Krasnodar meets with capital clubs, non-football factors very often appear that affect the result, ”complained the CEO.

Unfortunately, regular complaints about the refereeing become the trademark of the team, although it shows good results and again fights for the medals of the Russian Championship.

Even after the defeat from Lokomotiv, head coach Alexander Storozhuk was dissatisfied with the yellow card shown to Yegor Sorokin and stressed that the work of the referee surprised him.

Really big scandals flare up with enviable regularity.

So, the previous one happened already in the second round after a home defeat from another metropolitan grand - Spartak.

Then the club was also extremely dissatisfied with the actions of Kirill Levnikov and turned to the ESC RFU.

Even the usually correct president of the team, Sergei Galitsky, did not hold back his emotions.

After the match, he entered the refereeing room, which is strictly prohibited by the regulations, for which he was fined 200 thousand rubles.

As for the meeting of the ESC, the experts recognized only one decision of the arbitrator as erroneous.

In their opinion, in the 32nd minute he should have shown the second “yellow card” to Alexander Sobolev for hitting his opponent in the face with his elbow.

But the goal of Roman Zobnin and the removal of Alexander Chernikov did not raise questions for them.

At the same time, the referees sometimes made mistakes in favor of Krasnodar.

The game of the third round against Ural turned out to be the most revealing in this regard.

Then Vladimir Moskalev appointed two rather controversial penalties against an outsider and did not similarly punish Storozhuk's wards for falling in Oleg Shatov's penalty area.

However, the club continues to adhere to the point of view that referees in matches involving Krasnodar and other top clubs behave differently.

Even Galitsky spoke about this more than once.

So, last year he complained that during the matches of giants from Moscow and St. Petersburg, the referees are under incomparably greater pressure, and they are afraid to make a mistake not in their favor.

“It is hard to compete with Moscow clubs.

Try the referee once again to whistle the Spartak match incorrectly.

He will immediately go to hell.

And he made a mistake against Krasnodar ... And then articles about seven controversial episodes?

It was, yes.

But then we spat on it.

We were even the first to buy VAR, but even with it, we manage to cancel goals.

We knew where we were going and why.

The main thing is that we are in football, that every day we have the expectation of a game on Saturday or Sunday, ”he stressed.

“I can’t say that Krasnodar is being sued this season”

It is curious that the opinions of RT experts on this topic are divided.

Thus, the well-known coach Igor Kolyvanov expressed confidence that the referees make mistakes in favor of all teams, and there can be no talk of “killing” the southerners.

“Not only Krasnodar complains about refereeing.

When one of the teams does not like the work of the referee, of course, dissatisfaction is expressed.

There are always problems and there were, and not only among southerners.

Apparently, they are offended that some decisions were made incorrectly.

Therefore, the club is doing everything in its power to oppose arbitrariness.

Trust me, everyone makes mistakes.

There are competent authorities that sort out all the controversial episodes.

But I can’t say what exactly Krasnodar is being sued this season.

Of course, every team wants to make as few mistakes as possible against them.

But every week there are new reasons for dissatisfaction, ”the specialist emphasized.

He also noted that by regularly singing to the referee, the club does not put itself in the best light, although the team shows a good game and gives results.

“There were specific moments.

They were disassembled.

According to the results of the same match with CSKA, it turned out that Sergei Ivanov did everything absolutely right.

To talk about judges regularly is to show weakness.

Moreover, the southerners are not so bad at holding the championship.

God forbid that the referees also adequately serve their matches, ”added Kolyvanov.

But the former coach of the Russian national team Boris Ignatiev, on the contrary, believes that Krasnodar is doing the right thing when it draws attention to the blots of the judges.

According to him, the competent authorities are obliged to study all the controversial episodes, which was done after the confrontation with CSKA.

“This is a normal situation, because we know that not everything is safe in our judiciary.

People really do make mistakes.

This is life, but they affect the clubs.

Coaches simply lose their jobs after defeats.

But there is a struggle for existence.

Behind the same "Krasnodar" is a huge army of fans.

The club spends a lot of money on development and has the right to be indignant, since others do not have the courage, ”the specialist noted.

He also advised the team representatives to meet at a round table with the referee in order to sort out all mutual claims and, among other things, finally determine whether it is possible to publicly criticize the work of arbitrators.

“It is important to fix the system, and not complain about the fact that everyone is suffering.

What do we get from this?

It is necessary that the audience not be distracted by people with a whistle, but watch football and have fun.

Why was VAR invented?

In theory, he was supposed to help the arbitrators, but I do not see any benefit from him.

The system only confused specialists.

It is not clear where the penalty is, and where not, where the removal, and where only a yellow card.

In the Champions League, some decisions are made, and in the RPL in similar episodes they are completely different, ”added Ignatiev.