The Champions League attacks the referee from the first match of the season.

Semak after a draw with CSKA reprimanded refereeing

After the draw in Moscow, the third misfire of the “Zenith” in seven rounds RPLSergei Bogdanovich went to war with referees and with the referee system as a whole:

A strange moment in which the judges evaluate themselves. The expert-judicial commission, in fact, evaluates the work of its employees. Therefore, of course, there can be no question of justice.

It turns out that they protect favored judges, and conversely punish objectionable ones. Therefore, a lot of questions have accumulated here during the championship. I don’t see any sequences.

Powerful invective, but there are inconsistencies. Why was Semak silent for five years when they were wrong in favor of him and against competitors? Referees cannot be evaluated by Radimov and Arshavin, they are amateurs. All over the world refereeing is supervised by former referees and authorized experts, this is normal. And sometimes there is a shield, here Semak is right. But the Zenit coach forgot that the referee cannot be redeemed by the Brazilians as a player.

If ESC RFS extension bury all the strong referees after Semak’s complaints, then the weak referees will judge the matches. We recall the unrestrained work of the best referee of last season Bezborodov in the match “Akhmat” and CSKA. Here’s an example of weird arbitrage. But in a fighting game CSKA and “Zenith” there was nothing seditious on the part of the judge. But the champions lodged a complaint, asking for three penalties and the removal of the defender of the “soldiers” Roshi.

Let’s go back to Willian’s behavior, but the penalty shoot-out episodes are simpler. On 37′ of the match, ball from the defender’s foot CSKA bounced off the hand, this is not a penalty under modern rules. In the 75th minute, Krugovoi was going down before the defender touched him, and he was not in an easy position to strike, missing the ball. In the 83rd minute, Sergeev himself crashed into defenders from behind, again there is no reason to make a fuss. The match was tough, but not tough.

Why does Zenith complain about easy-to-evaluate episodes? There are only questions about Willian’s behaviour, but how does an injury time penalty change a draw? The referee cooled the players’ ardor with six yellow cards. Consistent policy, punished both teams.

Experts RFS extension make easy decisions

After the victory over Fakel with the score 2:0, Zenit turned to the ESC RFS extension with a complaint for two episodes. Failure to award a penalty in the 43rd minute, when Claudinho fell into someone else’s penalty area, as well as failure to remove Alshin from the Torch after contact with the Brazilian himself. The experts supported the referee’s decisions. But Semak complained after the 2-0 win, even though there was no good reason.

Zenit often complain about refereeing, which shifts attention. For example, they do not say that the ESC also passed verdicts in favor of Semak, as after the match with the Wings of the Soviets. But after three complaints from Zenit about refereeing with Dynamo, in two cases the commission supported the referees, and in one case agreed with the request, Makarov could be removed. But is it possible to attribute a home defeat to a yellow card?

Semak found enemies in front of the referees, because he sees weaknesses in his team’s game. After the draw with Rostov, they called for Bayramyan to be sent off at the beginning of the second half, but the ESC saw no reason for a direct red card. A similar decision was made in the episode with the participation of Rostov midfielder Mironov. In the end, the pundits did not see a penalty against Pesyakov and confirmed Semak’s sending off.

The latter is debatable. Sergei Bogdanovich did not behave aggressively. But only the departure of the coach after the end of the match does not cancel the draw through the fault of the Zenit players. The forwards failed to convert their chances into the opposition’s goal and winger Mostovoy gifted Rostov a penalty. The players and Semak are to blame, not the match referees.

Coach Semak doesn’t comment on his mistakes

Coaches are often overwhelmed with emotion. For example, Abascal said that Karasev “killed” Spartak’s match against Zenit. So Semak complains, forgetting about matches like the one against Pari NN. Then four times the judge decided in favor of Zenit. But even after the Super Bowl CSKAWhen Semak’s team was withdrawn by goalkeeper Kerzhakov, Zenit were worried about refereeing.

Or rather, a minor episode in the 70th minute of the match, when Mantovano was replaced on a penalty, but there wasn’t even normal contact with the defender. After winning the Super Bowl, Zenit went to complain and do it almost every round, sometimes after victories. Is this an administrative decision of the coaching staff and managers? But even if one-time refereeing errors pass, the general conclusion is not in favor of the champion.

In one match CSKA and the “Zenith” teams eventually found each other, the players of both teams performed poorly. But before the referee Kukuyan did not admit rudeness, there were no yellow cards in the match before the final fights. Semaka should be blamed for the equalizer by his wards, who struggled with their rivals after Santos’ second-leg goal. It is evident that the coach is desperately looking for an excuse not to talk about his team’s football and the failures of the season.

Arbitrage is an eternal trigger RPL, because there have been many errors by the referees. And some of them cannot be explained by the poor qualification of the referee. But at the moment there is no evidence in favor of the thesis according to which Zenit has decided to report. For perhaps the first time in many seasons they are treated equally to the rest of the teams. This small change infuriated Semak, the mentor came with a conspiracy theory.

And it would be better to say that he lacks a strong striker for the 3-5-2. It would be better to admit that attacking with a short pass with the participation of the goalkeeper does not always work. It is important for the manager to think about why Barrios started playing over time. Why don’t Zenit have a back-up game plan if Wendel, Santos and Claudinho don’t drag the team over the hump? There were more interesting questions for the coach.

Semak found enemies unpleasant to the public, against whom the people oppose by default – the referees. But after a series of scandals at the beginning of the season, there were fewer refereeing mistakes, and in different matches. The referees will certainly disappoint, but so far they have come to their senses after the presentation of Bezborodov. Scores ESC RFS extension in the new dry season and logical in almost all cases. If it is different, we will definitely report it.