The next, 9th round in the Ukrainian championship was not without emotions, which were caused by refereeing decisions. This, in particular, happened in the match "Alexandria" - "Rukh", in which a penalty was awarded at the score 1:0 in favor of the hosts.
The verdict of the referee, who pointed to the eleven-meter mark in the 6th minute of the second half, instantly raised the degree of the match. Alexandria's Miguel Campos stepped on the foot of Lviv's Igor Krasnopyr in his own penalty area, and his action did not go unnoticed by the VAR referee. Having received a signal from his colleague, the head referee Dmytro Panchyshyn examined the episode on the monitor for a long time, and then awarded a penalty, which was realized by the victim himself.
It is clear that both before and after the appointment the referee was surrounded by several Oleksandriya players, who expressed their thoughts about the episode. The home team's coaching staff, led by Ruslan Rotan, were also dissatisfied. But no matter how it was, the score was fixed - 1:1.
Here is how former FIFA referee Oleh Orekhov commented on the mentioned episode for Sport.ua.
"Unfortunately for Oleksandriya, it is an infringement and an 11-meter penalty," he said. - On the video replays it is clearly seen that Campos steps on the Achilles of Krasnopyr. This is an obvious violation of the rules. I would like to note that it was determined only thanks to VAR. After all, no referee would never have seen this episode".