2024-05-13 08:58:44
The candidate for international referee, but without matches in Europe, Volen Chinkov is to be punished if referee observer Martin Bogdev writes him a real assessment.
Twice his decision was overturned by VAR arbitrators Georgi Kabakov and Martin Margaritov. First, at the red card of Cordoba from CSKA, which was strongly overpowered, but the guests were clearly in a hurry to stay with one less man, and then at the obvious handball of Fernando Karanga in the penalty area at the penalty of “Ludogorets”.
The referee’s behavior during the scandals surrounding the penalty was the strangest. He first had to warn CSKA goalkeeper Gustavo Busato and performer Kwadwo Dua with a yellow card, because of which the bacchanalia began. First, Bussato tried to influence Dua, which is already banned, and then the Ghanaian with a Swiss passport went to tease him after scoring.
In the melee, Chinkov showed only two red cards to Bernard Tekpetei and Fernando Karanga. In reality, according to former referees, there should be at least four in such an incident.
On top of that, Jakub Piotrovski and Amos Yuga were the most active in the paint, and only Yuga received a yellow card. Karanga actually took a pretty solid punch from an opponent. At such a time, the judge has the right to review the situation with VAR, but he did not. Kabakov and Martin Margariov did not call him either.
An interesting fact is that, contrary to all regulations, Chinkov played two matches in a row for CSKA.
He led the 1/2-final for the cup against “Botev” (Plovdiv) and immediately after that the visit to Razgrad. Such an appointment would have caused a scandal all over the world, but the Boris garden probably accepted the loss in advance.
The big melee after the home team’s third goal in Razgrad, controlled only after two red cards, caused dissatisfaction with the referee in both teams.