The Director General of the Miner commented on the situation around the quarterfinal match of the Cup of Ukraine between Poltava and the Miner.

Recall that FFU banned the match Poltava - Shakhtar at the stadium Lokomotiv. The leadership of the Poltava team refused to transfer the game to another place, and as a result the match was canceled.

"At these moments, the match of the quarter finals of the Cup of Ukraine Cup Poltava - Shakhtar. However, due to unsatisfactory state of the lawn and the refusal of the host party to move the match to another stadium, the match did not take place and FC Poltava will be counted as a technical defeat, "Palkin wrote in his facebook.

"Despite the fact that Shakhtar goes to the semifinals, I do not feel any particular joy. I would like the winner to be determined on the field, and not in the offices. On the other hand, I support the decision to ban the match at the stadium Lokomotiv, adopted jointly by the representatives of FFU and ULL. This episode can be a turning point in the history of reforming our football. I am sure only decisive actions can ensure order and create prerequisites for development. Infrastructure, quality fields - this is the foundation on which you can build a team with a long-term perspective ".

"I would like to draw attention to the destructive position of the president of the Poltava club. He had a great opportunity to hold a match at the Vorskla Stadium. It would have come a lot more fans, the match could be held in the evening with high-quality lighting, again in the interest of the audience and finally sell tickets, and the proceeds to focus on improving the quality of the lawn at the stadium Lokomotiv. Unfortunately, this did not happen. And suffered primarily fans.

In Akhtyrka, unlike Poltava, the correct conclusions were drawn from last year and thanks to the actions of the club management, the Oilman match will take place on a good lawn ".

"Now we are faced with a choice: either we go on about the irresponsible owners of clubs that blackmail the football community, bring chaos and devaluation of principles and values ??to our senseless actions, sink to the very bottom, while destroying the whole system definitively or being guided by common sense, accept painful Decisions and keep the bar of quality at a level worthy of a country that is striving for European standards, "added Sergei.