Liberec goalkeeper Milan Knobloch described the exclusion of his teammate Martin Koscelník in the match of the 6th league round with Zlín as very debatable. In the 69th minute, after watching the video from the referee Dalibor Černý, he received a red card for stepping on Vachtang Čantarušvili.
Knobloch and coach Miroslav Holeňák agreed that this verdict significantly affected the match. The weakened Slovan then collected after a hit by David Tkáč and lost 0: 1. Black defended himself by considering the situation as Koscelník’s brutal game.
“It was a very debatable moment for me. As I saw the video, Maťo stepped on the balloon in the first phase, and then his foot fell on the opponent’s player. I don’t know. that there was no intention in that and Pilsen is throwing cars, so it seems incredible to me that Kostya will get a red card and Sick nothing, “he told Knobloch at an online press conference.
“I think there should be a uniform meter for that. There is nothing to blame for Kostya. He played a balloon in the first phase and then his leg went off. It was a very debatable exclusion,” said the 29-year-old Liberec goalkeeper.
After the exclusion, Liberec could no longer continue its previous active performance and lost the fifth league match out of six. The table remains last with one point. “I think it affected the match a lot. There were twenty minutes left until the end and when it is less to play one player, it’s difficult. The opponent goes to power play and it costs us a lot of energy. , “Knobloch said.
Coach Holeňák also agreed. He replaced the dismissed Pavel Hoftych in the match, who paid for the previous four Liberec league defeats and also the unexpected Wednesday’s loss in the cup with the three-league Zbuzans (1: 2). However, Holeňák did not break the weak series of North Bohemians either.
In addition, Koscelník’s intervention from the bench was not very visible. “It was far from me. At first I thought it wasn’t even a foul. But then the referee whistled it, went to watch the video and pulled out a red card. So it probably was, even though it didn’t work out to me,” said Holeňák. “It was a moment that affected the match, and negatively for us. Finally, it seemed that we would create a chance, and at that moment came this key moment,” said Holeňák.
However, the referee Černý himself, who did not punish the intervention in any way, and reconsidered his verdict only after being warned by the video referee, defended himself that he had seen Koscelník’s raw game while examining the video.
“I didn’t see exactly where the stepping came from the playing area. For this reason, there was no personal penalty. After consulting with VAR, I was called to a potential red card and after watching the videos, I evaluated that it was a raw game. So kicking “stepping on an opponent in an uninterrupted game in a fight for the ball with excessive force. For that reason, I awarded a red card,” admitted Černý.
Although he could not assess the extent to which Koscelnik’s intention was involved, he also took into account the protection of the health of the fouled Canturishvili.
“I evaluated it as a raw game because it was the safety of the player’s health and the fouling player had the opportunity to avoid the contact, or at least make some movement of the foot to avoid kicking. But since it did not happen, for that reason, a red card for a raw game, “Černý added.
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