It was all over after 11minutes

Ref and ars

Bezborodov was the Russian leading referee at the beginning of the decade. During two seasons (2010-2012) he was in involved in Champions League matches. Then he was demoted to the Europa League never being given another chance at the CL. I didn't see him that much to judge the UEFA Referees' Committee decisions regarding him. However' on the evening, Bezborodov started very convincingly, awarding Romania a penalty-kick less than three minutes into the game (a correct decision for hand-ball, which included a personal dimension - sending Malakyan off the field for preventing a goal-scoring opportunity). Romania converted the penalty-kick and added two goals by the 11th minute. The referee and his ars (Gavrilin and Danchenko) made some mistakes here and there - none too crucial. Strangely, their worst period was between the 69th minute and the final whistle (when the scoreline was already 5-0). The arguably incorrect decisions: minutes 69', 82' 88' 90+1.