Igor Tsyganik: "Shakhtar fans insulted Vyacheslav Surkis and his father throughout the match"

Journalist and commentator Igor Tsyganik spoke about the events that took place after the match between Shakhtar and Dynamo in his Tsyganik LIVE programme.

"Another story that really touched me and that is not talked about much. Did you see what happened in the match between Shakhtar and Dynamo's youth teams? Tell me, are you ready to bring your child to a football match to show him how to play? Are you ready for your 19-year-old to play football in such a situation? Are there no methods to reduce the impact of external factors on football? It's U-19, soon the U-17s will be fighting, then the U-16s and U-15s. What kind of fashion is this?

There was a difficult situation during the game. During the match, a yellow card was shown to a Dynamo player, then the referee made a mistake and sent the player (Vladyslav Zakharchenko) off. Then Dynamo won 2-1 with a minority. Ishchenko and Belik's emotions are their emotions. Let them sort it out. I know them both. I believe that this is not the way to behave. There should be respect for each other, we all do football business. There is no need to show off those emotions. I find it strange that this is happening. Why did you go to the football pitch? Why did you run there? It turns out not everything is as simple as it seemed. The goal of the Dynamo youth team is defended by Viacheslav Surkis, who is the son of former Dynamo and FFU president Hryhoriy Surkis. After the match, Viacheslav was pointing his ears towards Shakhtar's bench, and someone ran out of the stands and tried to hit him.

What happened before that? It turns out that there were two camps in Shchaslyve - one behind one goal and the other behind the other goal. In the second half, Surkis Jr. stood at the goal, behind which were Shakhtar fans, and they insulted him throughout the match, insulting his father. Is this right? How can you be sure that this young man will restrain himself? Your father will be insulted, your mother will be insulted. What if it was a deliberate provocation?

He is a footballer, he is a simple man. And these emotions were a show. It was a difficult match and it was hard to hold on. I don't want to defend Vyacheslav Surkis, he will suffer his punishment. People who organise these competitions, what do you think you are doing? Your child will stand there and be shouted at. At least he's in Ukraine, he's a footballer, but somewhere in Europe they will meet him on the street and tell him about it, will that be nice?

And it all started with that. There were Shakhtar fans and people who could have deliberately come for this provocation. What is the respect between the teams? By the way, Vyacheslav is a good goalkeeper, everyone says so. He can reach the first team level and be Dynamo's number one. But that's not the point, any child can be there. Does he deserve it? Of course he doesn't.

Who should ensure this order? The competition regulators only impose fines. They could have sent security guards to prevent this from happening. This is Shakhtar's home arena. It's wrong! You can't maintain order and he's been shouted at all the time. And it's unpleasant for him. These are our classic matches, there is a lot of emotion, but no football," Tsyganik said.