The well-known commentator Viktor Vatsko spoke emotionally about the situation with the call-up of Zorya defender Arseniy Batagov to the Ukrainian Olympic team.
"In the 25/26 season, we will have 4 teams playing in European competitions. The champion of Ukraine gets to the 2nd round of the knockout stages. CL, that is, it will be necessary to go through 3 stages of qualification. The Cup winner or vice-champion will qualify for the 1st round of the UEFA Champions League. And 2 more teams will qualify for the 2nd round of the LC.
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The championship matches were postponed so that the clubs could maintain their ranking. "Dnipro-1 is now so patriotic to support the ranking of clubs in European competitions. Instead of working, recruiting players and coaches, developing marketing, our football people are always looking for some freebies. Somewhere through influence, and somewhere banally to f*** with their neighbors.
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About Nadein's idea to expand the UPL to 18 clubs: A League of Courage? This is the League of Populism. The person who runs the club does not think that there are not 18 stadiums in the country that meet the standards. The stadium of his own club has normal central stands, but the side stands look like the modern Colosseum in Rome. They covered it with banners and no one even thinks of repairing it. The main thing is to expand the league," the Sport Arena telegram channel quoted Vatsko as saying.