Igor Tsyganyk: "Is it really difficult for Shakhtar to agree to the postponement of the match against Dynamo?"

Igor Tsyganyk, an employee of 1+1 Media, believes that Shakhtar should have agreed, at the request of Dynamo, to postpone the match of the 7th round of the Ukrainian championship.

“Everyone will tell me that I am biased towards the Premier League. Well, look here. We all talk about respect, about respect. Dynamo and Shakhtar are now supporting each other on Twitter and Facebook, wishing them victory. But I'm giving you a simple example. Shakhtar, knowing that they had to play two matches against Real Madrid, turned to Lviv, Lviv agreed, and their match was postponed. I think that it would be possible to postpone the fights between Dynamo and Dnipro-1, but they said they would play. I know for sure that they did not address this issue.

The UPL went ahead. As far as I understand, when one of the participants in European competitions applied to the UPL, it was clearly stated that if you play in European competitions and make a request for a transfer, then we make a transfer, and even during the war, the consent of the opponent is not necessary, as far as I heard this conversation. By the way, besides me, there are witnesses to this conversation.

Now Dynamo has requested to postpone the game, but Shakhtar and the Premier League did not meet. Shakhtar played on Tuesday, Dynamo on Thursday, and their match on Sunday. I myself am against transfers, but Shakhtar was the first to make this precedent. Is it really difficult to “respect”, you were the first to endure this game, the first to start it. If we all play according to the calendar, then we play. But you were the first to decide to reschedule. And now, when Dynamo is speaking, your main, as you say, friend outside the football field and the main rival on the football field.

But no. No one even went forward, because now points and future money earned are coming to the fore. Now it is much easier to take the “warm” Dynamo. Well, right? I do not want to reproach anyone for anything, I simply express my position. If we do this, then let's not talk about respect, about some kind of respect for each other. And there is no need to say that we support everyone.

If everything is in accordance with the rules, then do not transfer the game with Lvov, do not make this precedent. Because if all the participants in the European Cups postpone the fights, then we won’t finish the championship until the 26th year, ”said Tsyganyk.