Football
Jikia could receive a four-match ban for swearing at referee
The defender of the Moscow “Spartak” Georgy Jikia may be suspended for a period of two to four matches for obscene insults against the referee Alexei Amelin in the match of the 30th round of the WORLD of the Russian Premier League (RPL).
On Saturday, Spartak lost to Krylya Sovetov in the final round of the Russian Championship with a score of 0:1.
Jikia did not get into the starting lineup of the Red-Whites and started the game on the bench. In the 42nd minute, the defender ran onto the field after a foul by Spartak player Ruslan Litvinov, expressing disagreement with the decision of the referee Amelin to show his teammate a yellow card.
Amelin, after a hint from the reserve referee Jan Bobrovsky, showed Jikia a “yellow card”, but the defender continued to speak in the direction of the referee, for which he received a direct red card and was sent off.
According to the regulations of the Russian Football Union, Jikia faces a suspension of two to four RPL matches. In addition, the player can be fined from 200 thousand to 500 thousand rubles.
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