Ukrainian fans were eagerly awaiting the Shakhtar cup match because they were interested not so much in the game as the clothes of the players, because during the last match in the Premier League, the miners were forbidden to wear ATOshnikov's T-shirts with the inscription "My father is a hero of Ukraine". After that, indignant ultras Shakhtar and Metallist announced to the players an ultimatum demanding that they themselves put on T-shirts in support of the military, the TSN. 19:30.

In Kharkov, children, who traditionally accompany the players before the match, took to the field wearing T-shirts with the inscription "26 years old. We are Proud ". As it turned out, the federation of football sent recommendations to the clubs - on the eve of the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to support the army with just such an inscription on the T-shirt. Public figures believe that FFU took such a step to please the FC Shakhtar and remove the word "hero" from the T-shirts,. "I believe that there is not even a T-shirt problem. T-shirts can be any. The fact is that they express complete disregard, not only in T-shirts, but in other situations. We must decide at all with the leadership of the team and with the team regarding their position, "- says the chairman of the public organization Maxim Zhorin.

From the leaders of the Football Federation of Ukraine to a request to comment on why the officials suddenly changed some T-shirts to others, answered only the chairman of the committee of national teams. "There is a leadership of the federation - they decide which inscription should be. I said my opinion: we must go out with the inscription that we should have, "said Miron Markevich. Now journalists and fans from other cities are waiting for the reaction of players, coaches and team leaders, as well as ultras.

As it was reported, on November 25 it became known that the Shakhtar football club prohibited the children of the ATU members from entering the field wearing T-shirts with the inscription "My father is a hero". On November 28 representatives of fan groups Kharkiv City Patriots and the Donetsk The Club, as well as the organization "National Corps" stopped the bus of the Shakhtar football team near the Metalist stadium in Kharkov for conversation with the players. They promised to improve and put on T-shirts at the nearest match.

Correspondent of TSN Marya Umanskaya.