The head coach of "Rukh" Vitaliy Ponomaryov recalled the match of the 3rd round of the Ukrainian Championship 2010/2011 "Metalist" - "Dynamo" (1:2), in which he worked as an assistant to the chief referee.
In the 58th minute of the game, Andriy Shevchenko reacted to Ponomaryov's actions, who signaled a foul by Andriy in an attack during the struggle with Milan Obradovic. It could be heard during the broadcast of the match that the Dynamo player used foul language at that moment.
- These are emotions, this is football. Andriy Mykolayovych acted as a football player, I - as a referee. I called the chief referee to impose disciplinary sanctions. Although after the match - as far as I remember, in that match they substituted Shevchenko - he came up and apologized.
He had just come here after his bright European career, and it was evident that he already had a European mentality, he approached and apologized. It's normal, these are emotions, - said Ponomaryov on the air of the SportArena Youtube channel.