Shakhtar President Rinat Akhmetov in an interview with the Great Football program shared his opinion on the main opponent in the Ukrainian Championship - Kiev Dynamo.
About Kiev Dynamo and its president, Igor Surkis:.
- This club is in safe hands. My colleague, Igor Mikhailovich Surkis, invests a lot of soul and money in this club. This year will be 22 years old, as I am the owner of the club, and 22 years we have a fierce competition. We saw: some took, others took, others were taken. Today, there was a little financed, tomorrow - they threw. And he - no. He keeps this club, at least, everything that can be done, he has ambitions - huge. And this deserves great respect. There are talks that someone is running, that they want to sell a club or something, or a new owner is needed. But Dynamo Kyiv is Surkis. Surkis is Dynamo Kyiv. I believe that the club is in reliable hands, in quality hands, and this club deserves great respect. And for us it's nice to be the main rival of this great club.
We have a very good relationship. I have not seen him for a long time, but we have very good relations, respectful, friendly relations.
On the non-arrival of Dynamo for the match in Mariupol:.
- They could afford such a luxury - we can not afford such a luxury. If they do not go somewhere else in the next championship, it's their right, it's their choice. But we will definitely respect the rivals, we respect the regulations, and we will definitely come to any fields.
On the situation with Veres:.
- These dirty football technologies, and this is not good for our championship. I'm a big opponent of dirty football technology. I am a 22 year old club owner, and I have never faced such a problem. Someone told me this is against the Miner. I say: What does Shakhtar have to do with it?. Tell me, please, you came to the game, and if someone, say, turned around and left, what does Shakhtar have to do with it? And then tomorrow they will say: Let's find out all the relationships not in the cabinets, not in the courts, but on the field. So why are you running away from the field?
We came to play, but you are not. So, you want in advance that it was all in the courts. But, it seems to me, it is necessary to pay tribute to the players, the coaching staff, and the leadership, who made the decision: all returned. And I want to say that the players held this match at the highest level. I've been watching Veres for the last month, and for them, I think this is the best game. And, it seems to me, now they need to do it more often - so much to go to show this quality of the game.