Oleksandr Riznichenko, the director of Obolon Kyiv, singled out Kateryna Monuzl in an interview about refereeing in Ukrainian football.
"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.