Oleksandr Riznichenko, the director of Obolon Kyiv, singled out Kateryna Monuzl in an interview about refereeing in Ukrainian football.
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"I've read various comments in the media, both from referees and for borsch. Well, that's the way it is. Our position is that whether a man or a woman does his job, we are talking about the referee.
I'm sorry, but we have a referee who can put some men under the belt. I'm talking about Kateryna Monzul. She referees international and world-class matches. We are talking about a referee, not a woman," Ukrainian Football quoted Riznichenko as saying.
It will be recalled that in the recent match of the 17th round of the Ukrainian championship between Shakhtar and Veres (2-0), Monzul awarded a penalty literally out of thin air to the visitors' goal.