Karasev to Referee Russian Championship Match Between CSKA and Zenit

Moscow, March 15 – Sergey Karasev has been appointed as the main referee for the 20th round match of the Russian Premier League (RPL) between CSKA and St. Petersburg Zenit, according to the official website of the Russian Football Union (RFU).

The meeting will take place on March 19 in Moscow. Assistants Alexey Lunev and Roman Usachev Karasev will help, reserve judge – Alexei Sukhoi. Sergei Ivanov and his assistant Igor Demeshko will be in charge of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system.

Orenburg – Spartak (Moscow) – Pavel Kokoyan (VAR – Alexei Sukhoi),

Ural (Yekaterinburg) – Dynamo (Moscow) – Alexei Amelin (Igor Panin),

“Torch” (Voronezh) – “Sochi” – Artem Lyubimov (Ivan Sidenkov),

Lokomotiv (Moscow) – Krasnodar – Kirill Livnikov (Vasily Kazartsev);

Khimki – Rostov (Rostov-on-Don) – Vladimir Moskalev (Sergey Cheban),

“Wings of the Soviets” (Samara) – “Akhmat” (Grozny) – Rafael Shaviev (Pavel Shadykhanov),

“Nizhny Novgorod” – “Torpedo” (Moscow) – Evgeny Turbin (Anatoly Zapchenko).

Referee Vladislav Bezborodov did not get a date for the round of 20, whose action in the match of the 19th round between Spartak Moscow and Vakil Voronezh (3: 2) caused controversy. The referee ruled out the goal of Red White striker Alexander Sobolev due to an earlier mistake by Ruslan Litvinov. Also in this match, a penalty kick was awarded to Spartak, which caused objections from the Muscovites players.