Former Krylia Sovetov defender Ivan Taranov believes that Krasnodar striker John Cordoba let the team down with his sending off after the match with Ural.

The meeting of the 16th round of the MIR RPL took place on Sunday in Yekaterinburg and ended with a score of 3:1 in favor of the home team. Cordoba received a red card after the final whistle for making an offensive gesture towards the assistant referee.

— Cordoba set up his team by sending him off. When a football player is sent off because he could not control his emotions, he is letting the team down. Especially when it is a player like Cordoba, a player in the starting lineup. This is unacceptable in professional football. Of course, emotions. We are all human, we all make mistakes. But at this level you can’t afford this. You need to control yourself.

Cordoba tried to break into the judge’s room? I am a proponent of not shaking fists after a fight. What will you prove? You’ll only get a couple more matches of disqualification. The management must intervene and rein him in, since he himself does not understand. It was necessary to pay attention to the fact that Cordoba was too emotional and monitor his departure from the stadium. But first of all, he himself must understand what he is doing. I think that this, of course, should be fined. A professional player has no right to allow such behavior,” the Championship quotes Taranov.

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