Official statement of FC "Kryvbas"

FC "Kryvbas" categorically disagrees with the decisions of the referees in the match of the 6th round of the VBET League "Kryvbas" - "Minai". In general, the club does not understand how the VAR system was used.

We would like to remind you that the VAR system can only be used in four cases that affect the football match. These are goals and fouls before goals; penalty decision and violation of the rules before the penalty; direct red cards; false identification of football players

In the match "Kryvbas" - "Minai" (episode with the first warning of Dibango) they dealt with the last case: VAR could be used in case of false identification of the person who violated the rules. Voloshyn fouled, but for some reason Dibango received a yellow card. The referee team, with the help of VAR, had to correct the mistake made by the referee. But she didn't do it.

There are also questions about the moment when Dibango received a second yellow card and left the football field. The referee recorded a wave in the opponent's face from the side of the Kryvbas player. He should have received a red card for such a violation. But Dibango saw a second yellow card in front of him. In this case, the referee again did not ask for the help of VAR, despite the fact that it was probably the third case of using the system - a straight red card. We believe that it would probably be appropriate for the judge to revisit this episode and make an informed decision.

Taking into account the listed facts, the club will be forced to appeal both of Dibango's yellow cards, which he received in the match against "Minay".

We're not conspiracy theorists, but we think it's worth recalling the remaining episodes in previous matches where, in our opinion, questionable refereeing decisions have been applied to our club (both first team and U-19).

FC "Kryvbas" is convinced that for the sake of fair and impartial refereeing, the responsible structures of Ukrainian football should evaluate such cases, which significantly affect the final results of the UPL championship matches. With this appeal, we address the Referee Committee and the Ethics and Fair Play Committee, and personally Luciano Lucci and Francesco Baranca, who head them respectively.