Forward of "Chornomorets" Olexiy Khoblenko commented on the refereeing in the Ukrainian Premier League.
Olexiy Khoblenko— The specifics of defenders playing against you — do not always play cleanly, and there is evidence of this. We do not discuss refereeing, but how have you gotten used to different tactics being used against you? Sometimes they ask for your shirt during the match, and sometimes they do not notice that it’s your leg?
— I would like to talk about refereeing. We have not had a single penalty this season. It feels like they are even mocking us a bit, especially when we are playing away. And it hits the team a bit. The head coach prepares us not to talk to the referees because there is nothing we can do about it. We go out and play.
— Well, and not only away — such situations also occur at home.
— First of all, it’s hard to play when the referees are playing against you. Well, I think maybe something will change.
— At least there were cases — against Yanakova there were fouls, and against you in the match with "Polissya", and against you in the match with "Vorskla" when the score was 0:0.
— Practically in every home match there are reasons to award penalties. Even VAR is not reviewed. Can we at least review VAR a little — at least once.
Andriy Vitrenko
