Forward “Torch” Maksimov – about refereeing: “At the seminars, they explain one thing to us, but in games the opposite decisions are made”

Forward of the Voronezh “Fakel” Maxim Maksimov criticized the work of the referees in the match of the eighth round of the WORLD RPL with the Nizhny Novgorod “PARI NN”.

Saturday’s meeting, held in Nizhny Novgorod, ended in favor of the hosts – 3:1. The meeting was served by a team of judges headed by Evgeny Kukulyak.

— It is difficult to say something, because the result was not achieved again, although we scored a goal first. I think we looked good and could have counted on a positive result, if not for the first penalty against us. There are a lot of questions about him.

Firstly, our player did not even see the ball, he was looking in the other direction, his hand was in a natural position. There are even greater doubts whether there was any contact between the ball and the hand. Secondly, at the seminars conducted by Nikolai Levnikov, they explain one thing to us, but in fact the opposite decisions are made in games. It is curious that Levnikov was the inspector at the game today.

Thirdly, I don’t understand why VAR didn’t intervene in this situation. It is clear that this is just an obvious mistake of the chief judge, which should be corrected, but this did not happen. There are a lot of questions about this episode. And he was of key importance in the match, – quotes the words of Maksimov “Championship”.

In the next round, Fakel, which scored four points in eight matches, will host Lokomotiv Moscow on September 11.

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