Former FIFA Arbiter Miroslav Stupar Exclusively for Sport.ua evaluated the actions of the referee of this confrontation of Vladimir Novokhatny.
“Pitmen” Marino Pushich’s “Miners” is not for the first time not a clear game of his wards justifies judges, in his opinion, by miscalculations. Although, as for me, the referee did not make mistakes that would affect the outcome of the match. That is why the main coach of the champions, first of all, the reasons for the failure should be sought in the weak Defense of Shakhtar, which managed to miss four goals from Kolos with its far from a model attack, as well as to ask their attackers the causes of their waste.
I believe that Novokhatna coped with his responsibilities, in particular, in an episode, when I canceled the capture of the Kovalivtsi gates through an offset. What is the right right, so that it is an inconvenience to watch a video of an episode for more than ten minutes. Although it is possible that there could be some technical failure. In fact, a rhythm was killed, not to mention a psychological blow. After all, the Pitmen had a confidence that the score would be no one, and it turned out that it was necessary to catch up again. And on the contrary, the blacksmiths only added confidence and inspiration.
According to the letter of the law, the referee was in force and when at the offset time appointed a penalty at the goal of Kolos, which the nominal owners were sold by reducing the gap to a minimum. The time for the rescue assault in the Pitmen was still enough, but the next failure in the defense led to the fourth missing ball. Are the judges guilty of the judges here, ”Stupar said
Source: Sport.ua