Shakhtar General Director Sergei Palkin commented on the statements of Dynamo President Igor Surkis following the results of two meetings in the Ukrainian Cup and UPL. The Pitmen's representative responded to comments about refereeing made by the head of the Kyiv club. “Frankly speaking, I am surprised by Mr. Surkis’s comments. Let's look at our last two matches with Dynamo. Of course, they were emotional - that's why we love football. Experts and fans unanimously note that there have not been such bright and intense clasicos for a long time. This is important today for Ukrainian football. If we evaluate not emotions, but the game itself, then in both matches Shakhtar looked stronger than the opponent. In the first cup match, one team dominated the field for two-thirds of the match - Shakhtar. In the end, Dynamo was able to take advantage of our mistakes and move on, we accepted this defeat with dignity and shook hands. The second match - already in the championship - confirmed that this gaming dominance was not accidental: we deservedly won and gave the fans not only a result, but also beautiful, meaningful football. Mr. Surkis said: “I was silent for a long time”. But as soon as Dynamo loses in the championship for the first time in a year and a half, we hear loud emotional statements. We at Shakhtar have been talking about refereeing problems for a long time and consistently. At the same time, we note the quality work of the referees when it really deserves recognition, as was the case after the cup match, as our head coach Arda Turan spoke about. As for the last game with Dynamo, in our opinion, there were mistakes by the referees. In particular, the opponent's goal was scored in violation of the rules: the Dynamo player was offside. We are formally submitting an appeal to the Arbitrators Committee regarding this episode.. Also, the episode with Yarmolenko, when he grabbed Valery Bondar by the throat and actually strangled him, is obviously worthy of removal, but was left unattended. The topic of refereeing is really hot, and most clubs talk about it. Everyone - except Dynamo.

And it is significant that they began to raise it precisely after the first defeat. We at Shakhtar prefer to speak not with emotions, but with facts,” Shakhtar’s official website quotes Palkin as saying.. Earlier, Dynamo head coach Alexander Shovkovsky complained about the refereeing after the defeat in the Classic. Yarmolenko repeated Milevsky's goal record in the matches against Shakhtar Novyny in Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp.