Przemek Langier wrote that one of the referees was banned from football for two years for responding to a text message and passing it to another referee, although — as he pointed out — he did not derive any real benefit from it. He noted that the severity of the punishment resembled that meted out to the "little Hairstylist." According to Langier, the second referee, who received the forwarded message, did not react until it could be used against the first one. He added that one of the referees received 50,000, while the other was given a penalty that he described as de facto a lifetime ban. Langier emphasized that he did not condone the behavior of any of the three individuals nor defended anyone, but he felt the disparity in punishments did not seem in line with a just approach. He suggested that the punishment for Adrian Siemieniec might have been influenced by a need for social acceptance, while against the referee he considered the instigator of the conflict, the regulations could have been applied with full severity, because — as he presumed — he did not have a wide circle of defenders. He also added that referee Raczkowski might have been overlooked because the focus was on Siemieniec and Wójcik. #piłkaNożna #sędziowie #sprawiedliwość (translated)
