Dnipro-1 sports director Yevhen Krasnikov once again commented on the fight with Rukh general director Ihor Dedishyn after the match between these teams.
Evgeny Krasnikov— Dedyshyn deliberately provoked me, ran from the stand after the match and started poking the phone in my face, showing some moments of the game, insulting me with obscene language. I told him that if there were complaints about the refereeing, it was definitely not about me. Well, accordingly, I was also not shy in my expressions.
My only mistake was that when he started to let go of his hands I had to answer him, for which I once again want to apologize to the fans and the entire football community. I believe that the situation is not good, we both showed intemperance and it is clear that we should be punished for this.
I have already said that I have known Igor for many years, and he and I have had different situations in our lives. We always tried to maintain a normal relationship. But I find some of Dedyshin's statements about me inadmissible.
First. In his speech on the Internet, he said that I am from Belgorod, although I never lived in Belgorod, but was born and lived all my life in Kharkiv.
Second. He said that I speak Russian and have never spoken Ukrainian, and he also threatened me that I would never come to Lviv again.
I think that now, when there is a war in the country, when Ukrainian-speaking and Russian-speaking heroes are defending our country from the aggressor, these words are meanness. From February 24, I lived in Kharkiv for 171 days under daily shelling, which sometimes lasted for 10-15 hours. But regardless of this, I helped volunteers, based on my abilities, I provided help to guys from ZSU and NSU. About 50 club employees were with me, who were provided with accommodation, food and a bomb shelter.
I saw Russian soldiers, I saw Russian tanks, I saw the arrival of calibers, hails, and despite all this, with the help of President Yaroslavsky, we kept the team at the meeting, kept the children's academy, which was taken to Chernivtsi. We had women and children with us, to whom we ensured maximum security. And I called Igor more than once during this time, and he knew what was happening in Kharkiv. After that, raising the issue of language and inventing what I, from a Russian city, consider a purposeful lie, Krasnikov said, in particular, in a comment Sports Arena.
