The former midfielder of Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Aliev briefly walked through the main events of football life, and not only.
- Alexander, we saw you at the Kolos - Ingulets match. How do you play?
- No offense will be said to "Kolos" and "Ingulets", but the game was equal - two games were played. To be honest, I didn't like the game. The level of the championship of Ukraine has dropped a lot.
- I think you wanted to see your fighting brothers in the match: Bogdanov and Veletnya?
- Well, of course. That's the only reason I came here.
- Why do you think they weren't released?
- I do not know. There is a head coach for this, he sees how they train with the team, maybe Andryukha (Bogdanov, - ed.) not ready for something. But I think he would not have done anything bad in this game, and, perhaps, he would have brought something. It could have been released for at least 15 minutes.
— Did you see the broadcast of the match at Setant, where commentator Vlad Shalota confused you with Roman Zozulya?
- Saw. What can I say? Here is a woodpecker commenting on Ukrainian football. If you don't know the person, then why even say who it is. I have a special relationship with commentators.
— Did you watch the game between Dynamo and Rennes?
- Yes. This is football, at this level, mistakes like those made by Popov are not forgiven. But one learns from mistakes, and there is no need to make a tragedy out of it. Of course, this is unpleasant. I think it should have been a draw.
— What is going on with Dynamo? The Kyiv club continues to set anti-records. It wasn't like that with you.
— Yes, there was no such thing, but now, as you can see, there is. The most important thing is that you don’t need to sprinkle the team with bad words, on the contrary, you need to support. I think they themselves will sort out their problems in the team.
However, I understand the fans who are unhappy that the team is losing and not showing quality football. There are black and white stripes in football, perhaps Dynamo has a black stripe now.
- Do you think Lucescu should be fired or let him continue working?
- When a team wins, the coach is always good. When he loses, both the coach and the team are bad. This means that they are all doing something wrong because of which they cannot achieve a positive result.
- You said that Mudrik hasn't really hit the ball yet, but is already worth 100 million. Do you think he has outgrown Shakhtar?
- I think that the leaders of Shakhtar are not their own enemies. If there was a specific offer for Mudrik, they would sell it. Look, they released a lot of people for good sums. If they offered good money for Mudrik, I think they would gladly let him go, especially since there is a war going on in our country. In the meantime, it's just talk and nothing more.
- Who do you see as the UPL favorite after five rounds?
- So far, Dnipro-1 is showing itself well, both in European cups and in the championship.
- Do you think Kucher's team can become a champion?
- The season is still long, but so far only five rounds have been played. Let's see. As they say: a dead horse and rushing at the start. God forbid that there is competition in our championship and that five or six teams fight for the championship, as it was before. I will only welcome it.
— How do you like the updated Shakhtar in the Champions League?
- We played well with Real Madrid, although the Madrid club is on the move. Trubin played very well against Real Madrid. You could say he pulled the game.
- Today is the birthday of the main fascist of our time - Putin. What would you like to wish him on this day? Anti-wishes from Aliyev.
- I wish him the same that all of Ukraine wishes! I would really like our guys to pull him out of the bunker, bring him to Khreshchatyk and all the people mock him.
— Tell us about your service.
- Everything is fine, I serve. Of course, all this is already tired, people are tired, but there is a war going on in the country and it is an honor for me to defend my homeland!
Andrey Piskun