The Bulgarian refereeing brigade received serious criticism from the media in Azerbaijan for their presentation of the match between the local Karabakh and the Portuguese Braga.
The match was led by Georgi Kabakov, the designated referee number 1 in our country, with assistants Martin Margaritov and Diyan Valkov, and Nikola Popov was the fourth referee. The referees responsible for the video replays (VAR) were also Bulgarians. The chief VAR judge was Ivaylo Stoyanov, and the VAR assistant was Dragomir Draganov.
The first match in Portugal ended with a surprisingly convincing victory for the Azerbaijanis with 4:2, who won 3:2 after extra time tonight. The claims of the Azerbaijanis are for the second yellow card of Elvin Jafurgaliev in the 57th minute.
“His suspension was absolutely unfair. In this episode, perhaps, there was a reason for a card, but in the first one he was literally sucked from the fingers. For such offenses, Braga’s players did not receive cards, and an extremely gross foul by Alvaro Giallo was not sanctioned with a red card .
But we are no longer surprised by the lack of referee impartiality in matches in European tournaments, especially when Karabakh plays,” writes the Azerisport website.
Let’s recall that in the fall, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp personally attacked Kabakov for his ugly refereeing at the end of the match between Toulouse and Liverpool in the Europa League tournament.
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