MOSCOW, 19 Mar – Nizhny Novgorod player Yaroslav Mikhailov was not allowed to take part in the Russian Premier League (RPL) round 20 match against Torpedo Moscow, according to the tournament regulations.

The meeting takes place on Sunday in Nizhny Novgorod.

Mikhailov this season received two yellow cards in the matches of the Second League for St. Petersburg “Zenit-2”. The second warning as a player of “Nizhny Novgorod” the player received in a meeting of the 19th round with “Rostov”. According to the RPL disciplinary regulations, for four yellow cards in the Russian championship, an automatic disqualification for one game is imposed.

Nizhny Novgorod signed Mikhailov on loan in September 2022. According to the rules, when a player moves to a team of another division, warnings are summed up if the player’s new club does not participate as a separate team in the First League championship (or the Second League championship).

Thus, “Torpedo” or the league has the right to protest the result of the meeting with “Nizhny Novgorod” in accordance with the disciplinary regulations of the RPL. If the protest is accepted, the Nizhny Novgorod club will be punished with a technical defeat.