The Ukrainian referee Mykola Balakin, who served the match between Lugansk Zarya and Dynamo Kyiv in the 26th round of the Ukrainian Premier League (1: 3), was suspended from refereeing by the Committee of Arbitrators of the Ukrainian Football Association.

Balakin received a portion of criticism for his controversial decisions, for which he still can not work in official matches. This was announced by the director of FC Football 1/2/3 Alexander Denisov.

" The head of the UAF referees committee Luciano Rays believes that Balakin made a lot of blunders in the match Zorya - Dynamo. Therefore, Balakin goes to " He is long removed from refereeing, "

We will remind, earlier the protector of Dynamo Kiev Denis Popov expressed his dissatisfaction with the work of Nikolai Balakin.