Ex -arbitrator FIFA Semenov on the removal of Spartak: “From the point of view of the letter of the law – fair”

Former FIFA referee Mikhail Semenov believes that the forward of Spartak Anton Zabolotny was rightly removed in the RPL match with the Baltic.

“Spartak” on Saturday lost to the Baltic at home with a score of 0: 3 in the match of the second round of the RPL. Zabolotny received a straight red card in the 11th minute. On the 58th for the second yellow card, the field was left by his teammate Markinos. The Brazilian received the first warning for disputes with the referee, the second card – for the foul on Vladislav Saus, which at the time of the transfer, perhaps, was in a position outside the game.

– Are both removals fair?

– From the point of view, the letter of the law is fair. This is, if we talk about removal. From the point of view of the robot, they are fair. If we are talking about human qualities … Yes, the first red is not discussed at all. Only the only question: why in the match “Wings of the Soviets” – “Akron” the player was not deleted for the same?

And on the second red, I would say so: it was provoked by the judges. Those. By law, it is correct, but if you take a specific game, then the judges completely provoked it. If it weren’t for the goal of the gates of the metropolitan team, which was canceled and caused disputes, there would be no first yellow card. The second yellow: fix the arbiter before this position outside the game, so the second yellow would not be. But we already take this, as they say, what preceded, ”said Semenov“ Sports Day after Day ”.

In the third round, the Spartak RPL world on the road will meet with Acron. See the live broadcast of the match on August 3 from 13:25 on the channel of the premiere match, as well as on Matchtv.ru and Sportbox.ru sites.