Kamantsev explained why the RFU CDC will not be able to punish Akhmat football player Berisha after the match with Spartak

Chairman of the Referee Committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Pavel Kamantsev explained why the RFU Control and Disciplinary Committee will not be able to punish Akhmat football player Bernard Berisha following the results of the 17th round match of the RPL with Spartak.

The Grozny club beat the “red and whites” at home on Sunday with a score of 2:1. After Hamid Agalarov’s goal in the first half, Spartak head coach Guillermo Abascal received a red card for pushing Berisha. Before this, the Akhmat player jumped with both feet into the red-white technical area next to the coach. Berisha received a yellow card following the episode.

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— Such actions can serve as a reason for a mass clash.

– I agree that they can serve, but the rules of the game stipulate that this is a yellow card. I understand that this may give rise to a discussion about a possible change in the rules, an addition, or a recommendation, but the judge must act as it is written now and issue sanctions in accordance with current interpretations and rules.

— The video of the jump cannot be the basis for re-evaluating the episode?

– No, a yellow card has already been issued, no one can overestimate this decision of the referee on the field, no one can impose any sanctions. If the judge had not assessed and made no decision, then a punishment could have been imposed.

I will answer for the CDC – the committee can only impose a punishment for the moment that was missed by the judge, then a video recording of the moment appeared in which the judge did not make a decision. In this case, the moment was not missed, it was recorded by the VAR system, the reserve referee, he prompted Kukulyak. They made the right decision, in my opinion, to issue a yellow card. They say that this is almost violence, provocative actions took place, but this is still a yellow card,” Match TV quotes Kamantsev.

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