The head coach of the Miner Paulo Fonseca is sure that some Ukrainian referees are biased towards his team and his staff.

Recently, Paul Fonseca increasingly raises the topic of judging. If in the first season at the helm of Shakhtar from the Portuguese was practically not audible, now the Portuguese is kept silent.

"I did not say that there is any pressure on our coaching staff. I said that there is a prejudiced attention to us when it's impossible to express your emotions during a match, comments. Very biased towards us are the arbitrators. You can look at our games, these words are really fact. This is the third removal of one of my assistants - soon there will be no one left on the coaching bench. I have to say this absolutely straight, because I have nothing to hide. The attitude towards our coaching staff is slightly different from other teams. I feel that in relation to us there is no tolerance, there is a certain antipathy. I really feel and see that there is a certain persecution of our coaching staff by some Ukrainian referees, "said Fonseca.

"The first year I spent here, I always tried not to talk about arbitrators, never badly spoke about them, even when their mistakes were very obvious. I can not even imagine what's going on. If you compare the numbers, the number of yellow cards, everything leads to the fact that you also need to think. I do not want to arrange any war with the arbitrators, because in Ukraine there are a large number of good arbitrators. And what I want today - that football was spectacular, and the referees helped football to be just a beautiful sight, so that it was really honest and real ".

"The same referee who will remove me from the field, will be in their arms. But, frankly, it will be very difficult. Because I am always very respectful of the arbitrators, and I think that any comments on the episodes involving judges are a consequence of a lack of respect for them. You see: I have not yet been removed, only my assistants have been removed. Because I really try with maximum respect to comment on the moments of the game. Unless, they something will think up themselves what to remove me ".

"I do not change at all.". I did not become worse, I do not cry, and there are practically no skirmishes with the arbitrators. I can even suggest you put a camera that will shoot only our bench. And what will you see there? Paulo Fonsecu, who understands reality more. After all, when I arrived here, I did not fully understand what was happening. Now I see everything. If you want to do something bad for our team, then I know about it ".

"Am I afraid of a comparison with Lucescu, who often argued with arbitrators? No, because I absolutely do not do it. Look at the game in which we lost. I was the first to approach the arbitrators and thanked them for their excellent work. The only thing I want is the truth. And if they are, there will be a real truthful, honest game. Then there is nothing to say ".

"At the moment I do not want to spoil this climate, create tension between the Miner and the judges. I really just want the truth. But if I feel that there will be some actions against Shakhtar - I will not be silent. You can compare me as you want, with whom you want - I absolutely do not care. I will not allow to humiliate our team, "the coach concluded..

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