25.10.2014 Sporting file a complaint against the Russian judge Karasev

The management of Sporting Lisbon brought a formal complaint to UEFA against Sergey Karasev, chief judge of the Champions League football in the match on Tuesday night against Schalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen.

The Portuguese giants lost with 3: 4 at 'Veltins Arena' and the reason for the complaint became controversial judgments of the Russian arbitrator Karasev.

Sporting have claims for the expulsion of Mauricio with second yellow card after 33 minutes for not judged ambush in the attack for the home side's for the second goal of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and mostly unfounded awarded a penalty in favor of the Germans in stoppage time of the meeting from which Eric-Maxim Chupo-Moting brought victory for Schalke 04.

The complaint says that Sporting supports the idea of ​​introducing video replay that will allow the removal of "gross errors discrediting the football".

The Portuguese want a replay of the meeting or alternatively UEFA to pay the premium of the team, which is applied for draw in the Champions League in the amount of € 500,000.

Former President of Sporting Eduardo Barroso criticized the work of the referee teams.

"Sporting played a beautiful game, made ​​an excellent show and proved to be the right path. But we became victims of judicial errors. This was the Russian mafia in all colors. UEFA appointed Russian arbiter of a match in which one team is sponsored by a company with big money from Russia, "said Barroso.

Karasev appoint two penalties and sideline one Sporting player.