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Fifa and SFA ready to consider Romanov’s statement


By Our Sports Staff
UEFA and the SFA have both confirmed they will consider a statement by Vladimir Romanov, the owner of Heart of Midlothian, on the club’s website in which he appears to accuse Yuri Baskakov, the Russian referee, of being corrupt.

Romanov also reiterated claims he made last season that Scottish referees were biased against the Tynecastle side, saying that Hearts had won the Tennent’s Scottish Cup last season “despite all the efforts and intrigues of referees”.

Baskakov was in charge for the recent Champions League qualifier against AEK Athens in Greece in which Hearts had both Neil McCann and Julien Brellier sent off.

Romanov said he made an official complaint to Uefa about the Russian official and it is understood the basis of this centres on remarks made by Baskakov to Romanov and others before the game in Athens as well as his performance during the match, which Hearts lost 3-0 to be eliminated 5-1 on aggregate.

“We’ve taken a note of Mr Romanov’s comments and we will look at them,” a spokesman for Uefa said. “We have had such cases before but every case is different so you can’t compare any two. There are a whole range of sanctions we can take, such as a warning, a censure, a fine or a suspension.

“However, as it stands, there is no case and it is not up to us to speculate. But we will be looking at his comments, although I cannot say when they will be addressed.”

An SFA spokesman also confirmed Romanov’s comments on Scottish referees will be examined by its general purposes committee on October 24. “Mr Romanov’s remarks on the Hearts website will be discussed,” he said.



Taken from timesonline.co.uk


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