The press officer of Zaporizhzhya Metallurg Ruslan Levitsky is outraged by the sudden removal from the Ukrainian championship in the second league "Vast", which this weekend was to play with the second team of Zaporizhzhya.
Ruslan Levitsky (photo: mfcmetalurg.com)- Today there was information that Vast stopped its performances in the Ukrainian championship.
- Now we cannot give official information. We only know that the opponent did not show up for the match. Our team arrived, the delegate fixes it all, we waited for 45 minutes according to the Regulations, and further decisions will be made by the governing football bodies.
- In general, "Vast" informed you that he would not come to the match?
- They informed us today, a few hours before the match. But they said how: "Did our administrator call you there?" - "No, I didn't." - "Well, we're not coming to the game." It was like that. At the same time, the day before "Vast" asked to move this match from Nikolaev, that is, from their field, to our stadium. We made these concessions, the PFL approved the date and time and today this situation happened.
- Your club still paid for the preparation for this match.
- Yes, also the broadcaster came to the match, so it is not a very pleasant situation. We will not describe all this in detail, but it is not convenient for us. I am in Zaporizhzhya, the team is in Uman, the broadcaster from Kremenchug came very unpleasantly. "Vast" has an official website, Facebook, nowhere their information is not updated. It is all surprising.
- Can you tell how much financially Metallurg spent on preparation for the match with Vast?
- For Metalurg-2 this game is also, in fact, away, because the team is based in Zaporizhzhya, so the players arrived the day before the game. This is the cost of travel plus accommodation, as well as everything was paid in terms of the organisation of the match, the arrival of broadcasters. Specific amounts we can not name, but the general trend of the match from 50 to 100 thousand hryvnia.
Pavlo Klymenko
