Dynamo Moscow midfielder Denis Makarov was punished with a two-match disqualification (one game suspended) and fined 250 thousand rubles for his words about the assistant to the chief referee of the match of the 10th round of the WORLD RPL Alexei Lunev.

The meeting took place on Saturday in Moscow and ended with the score 2:0 in favor of the guests. In the room under the stands, Makarov said to Lunev: “I’ll give you tickets to the circus next time.”

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The Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the RFU punished the midfielder of the “white and blue” “for insulting behavior against the official of the match.”

The FTC drew the attention of the refereeing department to the performance of his functional duties by referee Alexei Lunev.

— Considered the case of a possible violation of the disciplinary regulations against Makarov, who was personally present at the meeting, assistant judge Lunev was on Zoom. We watched the video, listened to Makarov. He admitted that it was said on emotion. The judge said that he did not react to the words in any way, because it was not clear to whom he was addressing. He could not appreciate this phrase, so the decision should be taken by the RFU FTC.

There was no profanity in the player’s words, unlike the same Cordoba. Here there was a place to be offensive behavior of a football player. Makarov apologized to the judge, Lunev accepted them, and Makarov also apologized to the FTC. The decision was made under Article 95, part 1 of the disciplinary regulations. A probationary period has been set until the end of the 2022/23 season, said Artur Grigoryants, head of the FTC, to reporters.

Defender of the Amkal media team Anton Karpov was suspended for three matches of the Russian Cup for insulting the referee in the Way of the Regions match against St. Petersburg Zvezda (2:2, 2:4 – on penalties). After the game, Karpov, in an interview with reporters, harshly criticized the work of the referee.