Well-known journalist Igor Semion claims that it was Luciano Luci who personally ordered Domingo Blanco to show only a yellow card for the brutal attack on Vitaliy Buyalsky.
"Luciano Luci wrote to the referees that Domingo Blanco should have been sent off for a foul against Buyalsky after he personally watched the replays. Immediately during the episode, Luci (or his assistants) received an instruction/tip from the referee/VAR assistant Kryvushkin - a yellow card.
That is why Luci later emphasized in a private chat that "the referee must see without VAR intervention" ©. As if disclaiming responsibility for the wrong indication/hint...
An urgent question arises: what punishment will Krivushkin receive?" wrote Semion in Telegram.