MOSCOW, March 19 – The coaching staff of the Moscow football club “Torpedo” knew that the suspended midfielder Yaroslav Mikhailov was participating in the match of the 20th round of the Russian Championship in the “Nizhny Novgorod” team, but did not tell the players about it, said the head coach of the “black and white” Andrey Talalaev.

“Torpedo” on Sunday on the road tied with “Nizhny Novgorod” with a score of 1:1. As part of Nizhny Novgorod, Mikhailov appeared in the starting lineup, who did not have the right to participate in the game due to a bust of yellow cards. He was substituted in the 70th minute. The “Torpedo” said that the club is filing a protest against the result of the match. “Nizhny Novgorod” can get a forfeit defeat with a score of 0:3.