Valeriy Bondar: “They told Laos in the earpiece: “Don’t put a penalty, this is Ukraine”

Shakhtar defender Valeriy Bondar shared his views on the work of referee Mateu Laos in the match between Ukraine and Wales for the right to play in the 2022 World Cup.

— We prepared a lot for these two matches. We understood that both teams play five defenders. When we passed Scotland, there was a very strong mood. We really wanted to go to the World Cup. I think that Laos made this match because there was a clear penalty on Yarmolenko. The score would have become 1:1, the player would have been sent off. The game would rotate 180 degrees. But when they say into your earpiece: “You don’t have to bet, because this is Ukraine”, of course, you have no right to bet.

Laos thinks he is number 1, attracts attention. He probably thinks that he is the best referee in the world, sometimes he behaves very pretentiously. His behavior doesn't characterize him very well. We don't know him very well. This is a referee who does everything that he is told into the microphone or before the match, what is necessary for this or that team to pass. He does everything for this,” Bondar said on the air of the Shipshina Show.