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Scandal at the match "Yelimay" - "Aktobe": referee accused of bias

Submitted by Вера Александрова on

A fan of the Semey football club "Yelimay", Sayasat Sarsenbinov, claims that an injustice was committed against his beloved team. According to him, the referee disallowed one of the goals.

According to sportarena.kz, the return leg of the Kazakhstan Cup semi-final took place in Semey, where "Yelimay" hosted the West Kazakhstan team " Aktobe" on their home ground. 

The match ended with a score of 2:1 in favour of Yelimay, but this was not enough for them to reach the final. The first match ended 2:0 in favour of Aktobe. Based on the aggregate score over the two games, Aktobe advanced to the Cup final.

For his part, Sayasat Sarsenbinov recounted what happened during the game.

"In the 60 years I have supported Yelimay, I have never seen such outrageous and thuggish football. Firstly, the match referee disallowed a legitimate Yelimay goal - the third goal. Secondly, the Aktobe players behaved in an absolutely thuggish manner. They pushed the referee, insulted the fans. My respected Ramazan Orazov insulted all the fans by doing an impersonation of a monkey. The Aktobe players brazenly say: 'We are Adlet Barmenkulov's team and we don't care. The Cup is ours and the championship is ours.' They were already celebrating everything in advance. When will this lawlessness end? Dear Adlet Nazarbayevich Barmenkulov, in my opinion, you need to step down voluntarily. Let football people handle football clubs.", said Sayasat Sarsenbinov.

Earlier, it became known that the Kyzylorda football club "Kaisar" is planned to be transferred into trust management with a subsequent buyout over 5 years. The starting price of the lot was 1.6 billion tenge. The initial payment was 252.9 million tenge.