Obolon head coach Valeriy Ivashchenko commented on the defeat of the team in the Ukrainian championship match against Polesya (0:2).
"What impressions can be here. You have seen for yourself. Suck these moments out of the finger, they do not decorate football. Play, score in a clean fight. The game can develop in different ways, but this labour of the guys.... What do they play for? So that people in yellow jerseys can come up with something?
He says the ball is up, they fight with their heads, the defender pushes and steps on, he says it's a penalty. In the first half Slobodian's head is stepped on, almost torn off, he says: "It was an accident". That is the interpretation of these episodes.... I do not know. They interpret them as they like. And VAR, not VAR - these are living people sitting there, and they will always be ... It's not an intelligent some system that's going to say yes or no.
It's live people who will say what's favourable to them. And that's it. The obvious things. We wouldn't say anything if there was consistency. If there is no consistency, then what is the point of working and playing? Let's give medals, cups and finish. Let the winner be determined on the football field, not by such things. It does not decorate football.
And what about the penalty shootout? The ball is up, the head is struggling, our player is on the ball, how do they interpret.... The episode is where the ball is, or somewhere else in the other corner of the pitch is the episode. Dynamics. He lands (Obolon player - note), the weirdo (Polesya player - note) was standing near... He what? It's a natural thing. He can't land somewhere else.
I say, the same episode in the first half, our player's head is stepped on, and the assistant shouts that it was an accident. It's an accident here, but it's not an accident there. It's just wild. They shoot themselves, and then go and make something up.
We will restore the guys psychologically, because it is a pity for their labour, which they put on the altar, their health. And then people decide the result. We live in such a country, unfortunately," - said Ivashchenko on air UPL.TV.
We will remind, Kyiv missed the first goal already in extra time of the second half with a penalty, which was awarded after watching VAR.