Imagine that you are a judge. Good judge. High level. And this level is recognized where we are historically not very much loved – in the West. It turns out that you are the very rare Russian who is respected in the profession.
And you are not one of those that 1: 2 for Lokomotiv from Tbilisi, not the one that 1: 5 for Ludogortsu, but the one who works with Messi and Ronaldo in the Champions League, at the Euro, at the World Championships.
And how do you get help at home? What should be done so that you, a Russian referee, get a great match? Maybe even the Champions League final?
Yes, they can help you. After all, from there, from the West, they also sometimes look: what about the Russians? And really, what ?! Polygraph tests, demands to shoot, kicks in the face, humiliation.
But okay, maybe the one being watched – on the contrary, he is calm, reliable, successful. Probably it is. But then the match “Ural” – “Zenit” arises: Dzyuba is obviously ahead of all the defenders, and the referee counts the goal. Once again: the forward is clearly ahead of the defenders during the pass – and the goal! And behind the goal – a new scandal, new accusations and a background of corruption. And the accusations are really obvious, because the striker is ahead of the defenders.
And you can draw a line in the middle of Dziuba’s foot as much as you like, or attach a size 150 shoe to the Ural player, but outside the game it will be perfectly visible even from the offices of FIFA and UEFA in Switzerland.
And you will receive for this – the one who whistled offside. The one behind whom the office video assistants drew this curved line.
Whether out of stupidity, or out of necessity, or even according to the rules of life – do not care. The main thing is that with such tricks the country loses not only the already lost Dynamo along with everyone else (and the rest are also unlikely to make it to spring), but also you, a worthy judge, who will be blocked from reaching Messi and Ronaldo.
And, unlike Miranchuk, you cannot abandon everything and break out to your dream in another country, because you will be doomed to gurgle in a football swamp, where now even the correct decisions of your brigade mean nothing. For them, there is a new truth ministry, a VAR ministry.
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