“Dynamo computer goal was not even close,” — ex-defender of Zaporozhye Metallurg

Former Metallurg Zaporozhye defender Oleg Ratiy recalled the story of his former team's controversial goal in the match against Dynamo Kyiv in the 2000/01 Ukrainian Championship.

Recall that that fight took place three rounds before the finish of the Ukrainian championship. Shakhtar at that moment was in first place in the standings and one point ahead of Dynamo. And so, in the away match with Metallrg, the Kievans won only thanks to the controversial goal of Florin Chernat in the 73rd minute, which was later called "Dynamo's computer goal".

“The Dynamo team then had what it needed! As now, I remember that squad: Shovkovsky, Vashchuk, Golovko, Kosovsky, Belkevich, Khatskevich and a large group of legionnaires, led by the great Lobanovsky. In my opinion, there was not even a goal there. There was a rebound from Sergiy Bugai after a shot by Florin Chernat, and I, being in front of the goal line, headed the ball into the hands of Andriy Glushchenko.

The Dynamo players calmly began to sit on the defensive, and at that moment one of the Kievans pointed to the referee, who signaled a goal and was already standing in the center of the field. Coins and some other objects flew from the stands, a scuffle broke out at the side edge. The match referee Evgeny Abrosimov from Odessa sent off Glushchenko and counted the goal.

In the next round, in Donetsk, Shakhtar failed to beat CSKA Kiev, and Dynamo won against Tavriya. And in the last round, both the people of Kiev and Donetsk won, which allowed Valery Lobanovsky's wards to get ahead of Viktor Prokopenko's team by one point.

If we talk about that goal, then the experts made a computer "analysis" of the current situation. By the way, many years later, the responsible executor of that analysis said in an interview that he was ashamed of that work, ”quotes Ratia fanday.