Mykola Nesenyuk: "In Ukraine, we see not football, but a kind of wrestling without rules"

Well-known journalist Mykola Nesenyuk commented on the results of the refereeing in the day before yesterday's match of the 17th round of the Ukrainian championship between Dnipro-1 and Dynamo Kyiv (0:1).

"At school, where I studied back in the USSR, we were told that the radio was invented by the Russian scientist Popov. Later, I learned that outside the USSR, the Italian scientist Marconi is considered the creator of radio. Later, when I was already an adult, a witty man explained that there was no contradiction here-Popov invented our radio at the time, which broadcasted a continuous communist lie, and Marconi invented a normal foreign radio that we all listened to with pleasure.

I remembered this when another Ukrainian football referee, this time a certain Kryvushkin, again "freaked out" in a game with Dynamo Kyiv. It didn't help - Dynamo won. As I predicted a week ago, there were no complaints about the referees from Kyiv. Unlike the previous game, which they lost.

And that's right - you should win despite the mistakes of the referees. Because these mistakes, in my deep conviction, are an integral part of the game of football, and without them, football will be bland and uninteresting. There is only one caveat: mistakes made by foreign referees in their foreign championships are part of their (!!!!!) football, and mistakes made by Ukrainian referees are part of our football, which looks more and more like a slightly different sport in comparison.

While in Spain or France, a football referee, together with the players, is a co-author of an interesting and exciting spectacle, tickets for which not all Spaniards and French can afford, in our country, a football referee is not involved in a spectacle for the audience, but in the fight for a result at any cost! Our referees, along with the players, think about what people will think last, if at all. That is why on our football fields we see not football, but a kind of wrestling without rules, which directly contradicts the written and unwritten rules of football.

Because when it is necessary, our football player will lie down on the grass after each collision and stay there as long as possible, while the opponents will be nervous and fussing. This is when the result is satisfactory. When it is not, the opposite happens - the players of the opposing team lie down, and their opponents are nervous and fussing. In the virtuoso ability to fall beautifully on their own initiative or to inflict sneaky blows on their opponents, our players will give a head start to all the Brazilians and Argentines who have traditionally done it best. Because this is all part of the unwritten rules of our football!

It's the same with the referees - when a Ukrainian football referee goes on the field, he looks around as if he is about to be beaten. And this fear does not leave him until the last seconds. This fear has accompanied our referees for many decades. If only someone from the inside could tell the whole truth about the reasons for this fear, it would be more interesting than any detective story. But no, it's they abroad who periodically have sensational investigations of football fraud. Because they have real football, which was invented by the British in 1863. Who invented our football, which is mired in lies, is unknown! So far, no one has come forward. And no one will come forward. Because they are scared..." Neseniuk wrote on his Facebook page.