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Bulgarian referee banned for three months [Wed Sep 21st, 2005]
Sofia (Reuters) - Bulgarian referee Cvetan Georgiev has received a three-month ban for making a string of errors during Levski Sofia's 4-4 draw against Beroe, the country's football association said.
Levski appealled to the disciplinary commission of the Bulgarian Football Union, saying Georgiev failed to send off Beroe striker Isak Kuoki after a second yellow card, ignored fouls in the penalty area, and made several other mistakes.
"He made a lot of errors and he did not show accuracy in the penalty area," Vasil Zhechev, chairman of the referee commission, told a news conference after ruling on the suspension.
Kuoki scored three minutes after the break to equalise at 3-3, but soon afterwards was shown his second yellow card.
Georgiev allowed the game to continue, provoking an angry reaction from Levski's bench before the referee finally sent the forward off.
Despite the errors, football union officials rejected a request by Levski to replay the game and said it would not void the result.
"There was a formal infringement of the rules, but it did not affect the final score," Zhechev said.
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