Anji" managers suspected of putting pressure on referees during break of match with "Dynamo

The Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) has officially requested a video record of the incident, which occurred with the crew of referees during the break of the August 22 match "Anji"-"Dynamo", when representatives of the club from the capital of Dagestan spoke with referees in an aggressive manner.

On August 21, within the football championship of Russia in the Premier League, "Anji" (Makhachkala) defeated "Dynamo" (Moscow) 2:1 and took the fourth place in the league. According to law enforcement bodies, no violations of public order on the pitch and in the stadium were fixed during and after the match.

On August 22, information appeared that during the break representatives of the Makhachkala club tried to talk to the referees of the match. Allegedly, the conversation went in raised voices; and one of its initiators was Gadji Gadjiev, the "Anji" head coach.

"The incident won't remain unattended and will be carefully investigated," the "Sovietskiy Sport" newspaper quotes Sergey Pryadkin, President of the RFPL, as saying.

The head coach of "Anji" Gadjiev denies any accusations of insulting referees in the break. According to his story, in the hallway he invited the referee Bezborodov to look at the ankle of player Gadjibekov, who was injured in the first half. The referee left the trauma incident without any punishment of the player's opponent, the "F-Sport" agency reports.