Rakitsky was sent off in the First League match for headbutting an opponent (VIDEO)

Defender and captain of Odessa’s “Chornomorets” Yaroslav Rakitsky became the antihero of yesterday’s match of his team against Sumy’s “Victoria” (0:0) in the 10th round of the First League.

Yaroslav Rakitsky. Photo — FC “Chornomorets”

In the 69th minute of this encounter, the 36-year-old player headbutted the opposing team’s defender Denis Ryabiy. The main referee of the match, despite such a foul, only issued a warning, but by that time Rakitsky already had one yellow card, so he saw the red card before him.