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Ukraine/England - Ukraine`s press blast refereeing
Baku, June 22 (AZERTAC). Ukraine`s press on Wednesday blasted a refereeing error that prevented the national side equalising against England in their final qualifier.
"The officials stole (Marko) Devic`s goal and Ukraine`s chances of beating the English," said the news site sport.ua, accusing Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai "clearly not wanting to see" Ukraine`s goal.
"The result of the match turned on a gross error by the officials who didn`t give the Ukrainian goal," added the newspaper Sport-Express on its website.
"And it all happened with five officials, two of whom were in charge of seeing whether a ball crosses the line," the daily added.
The Segodnia daily for its part claimed Kassai was "blind", adding: "What`s the point of having all these extra officials? Well done UEFA. Great organisation for the competition."
Ukrainian forward Marko Devic gestures after a goal was refused during the Euro 2012 football championships match England vs Ukraine on June 19, 2012 at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk.