Shakhtar CEO Sergei Palkin responded to accusations of "miners" in unpatriotic terms.

In November 2017 a scandal erupted in connection with the Olympik-Shakhtar duel. In this match, the players of both teams did not wear T-shirts with the emblem of the Football Federation of the ATU participants and the inscription "Miy tato-hero", as the action was not coordinated with the ULP. As a result, accusations of non-patriotism fell on the address of the "miners" and Olimpic.

Being afraid of such a situation before the match of the 22nd round of the Premier League with the Carpathians, the General Director of the Shakhtar Sergey Palkin appealed to the public.

"As far as I know, the question about T-shirts. Again, this is associated with the same organization with which there was a similar situation a few months ago. I will repeat once again: Shakhtar will take part in events that are approved by FFU and ULL. Officially. We will not be engaged in self-propelled things, "Palkin began..

"Pseudo-actions and provocations on the topic of patriotism are the work of the person Surkisov, Ruslan Rudenko, the president of the Football Federation of the ATU participants. Organization, which is currently illegitimate, because an alternative. Rudenko cynically blackmailed clubs with his action with T-shirts, and those who were not accused of lacking patriotism silently agreed to the demands of the swindler ".

"We need to stop turning football into a circus. To stop engaging in politics built on heroism in order to get political dividends in the future. With this you need to fight hard. Both UPF and FFU should follow very tightly this.

Because it will turn into chaos and insanity ".

"This is a clear, systematic provocation by certain persons towards our club. Someone benefits from translating the accents to the other side, "- said the gendir of" miners ".

The duel between the Carpathians and the Miner will be held on March 4 and will start at 19:30 Kyiv time.

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