General Director of Shakhtar Sergey Palkin commented on the decision of the Sports Arbitration Court to retain the technical defeat of Dynamo for failure to appear in Mariupol.

Dynamo in August refused to go to Mariupol for the match of the championship of Ukraine against the club of the same name. The FFA of the FFU awarded the Kyivans a technical defeat. Dynamo appealed to the CAS, but received a negative response.

"He did not surprise me.

Frankly speaking, from a legal point of view, Dynamo did not have a chance to win this case, because it was one hundred percent on the side of Mariupol, "Palkin said in a commentary to the television channel Football.

"First of all, the win of this business is a sign and support for small clubs that football lawlessness will be punished, and there is justice and there is someone who can ask for defense in these situations. I believe that this is the right and true sign for small clubs ".

After 20 matches played, the Miner is ahead of the Dynamo by 3 points in the standings of the championship of Ukraine.