Football

There is nothing to punish Spartak Chernov, who played for some time in the match with Zenit without boots, says Nikolaev

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3 years ago

September 4, 2022

Madelyn

There is nothing to punish Spartak Chernov, who played for some time in the match with Zenit without boots, says Nikolaev

Nikita Chernov / Photo: © Denis Bushkovsky / Match TV

Ex-FIFA referee Alexei Nikolaev on the air of Match TV answered the question of the ex-football player of the Russian national team Vladimir Bystrov about the episode of the match of the 8th round of the WORLD RPL Spartak – Zenit, when Muscovites defender Nikita Chernov played for about two minutes in one boot.

The meeting of the teams took place on Sunday in Moscow and ended with the score 2:1 in favor of Zenit. The game was served by a team of referees headed by Pavel Kukuyan.

– There was a funny episode when Chernov lost his boot and for a minute and a half or two, probably held it in his hands, ran with it. Should there be some kind of punishment?

– An interesting episode turned out to be quite rare. I would not say that this is a violation of the equipment. It was a game situation, there is nothing to punish the defender for. It’s good that he finished the episode, even in one boot. I think the referee could have asked Chernov to leave to put on his boot, but I am sure that Kukuyan did not see this situation himself.

In the second half, it was easier for Kukuyan, because after the second goal of Zenit, the game calmed down a bit. There are fewer violations, game martial arts. But closer to the 80th minute, the degree of the game rose again, and yellow cards appeared, rightly issued by the referee. Pavel coped with the work, let the teams play. We often talk about refereeing when there is some kind of negative, but it’s also great to note the good work of the entire refereeing team, ”Nikolaev said in the After Football with Georgy Cherdantsev program on Match TV.

Source: Sportbox

Madelyn

I am a sports writer and journalist who has written for various online publications including Sportish. I’m originally from the UK but currently live in Toronto, Canada. I’m also an author on Sportish and have written several articles on a variety of sports-related topics.

World Cup

VIDEO. UAF releases all goals of men’s and women’s national teams in 2025

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1 hour ago

December 31, 2025

Kyle

Ukraine national football teams completed 2025and the Ukrainian Football Federation summarize the results.

UAF releases all goals of men’s and women’s national teams in 2025

Sergei Rebrov’s team had an unsuccessful start to 2025, losing to Belgium in the Nations League play-offs (3:1, 0:3). The blue-yellows played two friendly matches against Canada (2:4) and New Zealand (2:1) in June.

In the autumn, the Ukrainian team qualified for the 2026 World Cup and took second place in the group with France, Iceland and Azerbaijan. The blue-yellows made it to the play-offs to participate in the World Cup. During the year, the team had 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, average score: 17-20.

VIDEO. All goals of the Ukrainian men’s team in 2025

VIDEO. All goals of the Ukrainian women’s team in 2025

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.

World Cup

Statistics. UAF announced how many matches Ukrainian national teams will play in 2025

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4 hours ago

December 31, 2025

Kyle

Statistics. UAF announced how many matches Ukrainian national teams will play in 2025

Ukraine national football teams completed 2025and the Ukrainian Football Federation summarize the results.

UAF reported: “In 2025, 156 matches (including friendly matches against clubs) were played by Ukrainian national, junior and youth men’s and women’s football teams, futsal, beach football and amphibious teams.”

Statistics: 10 matches of the Ukrainian national team in 2025 (+5=1–4)

infographics

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

Football

Real Madrid player Mbappe will miss three weeks due to injury – newspaper

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5 hours ago

December 31, 2025

Jon

Real Madrid player Mbappe will miss three weeks due to injury – newspaper

French footballer for Spanish Real Madrid Kylian Mbappe he will miss at least three weeks due to a knee ligament injury. The newspaper L’Equipe reports it.

The attacker will miss the Spanish Super Cup, the matches of which will be played from 7 to 11 January in Saudi Arabia.

Mbappé is 27 years old. On June 3, 2024, the striker signed a contract with Real Madrid as a free agent. From 2018 to 2024 he played for PSG and is the top scorer in the club’s history. As part of the team, the footballer became a five-time champion of France, three-time winner of the National Cup and Super Cup and twice won the League Cup.

Together with the French team, Mbappe won the 2018 World Championship in Russia and won a silver medal at the 2022 World Championship in Qatar.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.