Ukrainian coach Oleksandr Sevidov commented on the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, which suspended the mentor from soccer for life for match-fixing.
"I did not do anything illegal. By my presence at trainings, by my communication with the players of "Sumy". I never offered money to referees, never gave or took money from them, never gave money to Sumy players. We have never found who Sevidov offered to play a arranged match.
This is all absurd and reprisal. I have never had anything to do with Sumy. No evidence. They could say: "We know that you are a bastard, but we cannot prove it. Here's a suspended sentence, but if you do it again...". And I was sentenced to life in prison. What for? First they didn't punish me, and then they decided that he wouldn't leave. And I sought justice," Sevidov said in an interview with "TaToTaK".