
A football player can be disqualified for up to six matches for pushing the referee in the match against Rubin
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The incident occurred during the match of the 8th round of the RPL, where the CSKA defender received a red card for a rough tackle and pushed the referee.
The Control and Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union invited CSKA defender Mateus Reis to a meeting due to an incident with pushing the referee in the eighth round match of the RPL against Rubin. This was reported by “Championship” with reference to a source familiar with the situation.
In the 15th minute of the match, the 31-year-old Brazilian received a straight red card for a rough tackle. After presenting the red card, Reis pushed the chief referee Inal Tanashev in the back. The referee recorded the incident in the match report.
The FTC meeting will take place on September 17. According to the RPL disciplinary regulations, deliberately pushing a match official is punishable by disqualification for six matches or up to two months.
The match ended with the score 1:1. Ivan Oblyakov opened the scoring with a penalty in the 6th minute, and Anderson Arroyo equalized in the 58th minute.
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Meeting of the RFU FTC on the case of Mateus Reis
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