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Ilya Skoropashkin commented on the cancellation of the Nations League match.
November 20, 2020, 10:27 PM
The sixth round of the UEFA Nations League in division A was never completed due to the cancellation of the Switzerland – Ukraine match, which was played within the A4 quartet.
The reason for the harsh decision of the authorities of the canton of Lucerne, where this meeting was to be held, was another case of the detection of the coronavirus COVID-19 within Andriy Shevchenko’s team.
The consequences of this situation were confusion about the fate of this meeting at all possible organizational levels, as well as a difficult road for our national team to return to Ukraine.
There are many options to solve the situation, but the host team insists on a technical defeat for the Ukrainian team, with which not only the players and the coaching staff of the “blue-yellows”, but also renowned lawyers fundamentally disagree. In particular, Ilya Skoropashkin in an interview with a program on a Youtube channel Digital soccer He expressed his opinion on the possible results of the conflict that arose out of nowhere.
“You know how important this party is for both sides: for Switzerland and for Ukraine,” the Ukrainian lawyer began his reply. “I do not promise to affirm that there was any interest on the part of the Swiss team. Perhaps it would be the most important thing is to demonstrate their advantage on the football field, their team, as far as we know, did not suffer losses as serious as ours .
Perhaps the dialogue did not occur due to some personal moments. This usually happens. Perhaps someone who negotiated could not agree. Whoever they spoke to was not predisposed to make any decisions. In any case, in sport, such a category does not lead to anything good.
I would insist that the Swiss team should receive a technical defeat, because the match was not played, most likely because of the Swiss team. Our team was ready to host the match. As found, there are test results, soccer players who were infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19 – ed.) Were mistakenly identified. The tests were wrong. From what I understand, the Swiss national team refused to carry out repeated tests.
Of course, it would be a mistake to say that the sanitary doctor of this city (Lucerne – ed.) Acted incorrectly, because he had the right to decide whether to celebrate this match or not. But, to avoid such situations in the future, when the decision of a third party, in this case the doctor, determined (results – ed.) Or transferred sports competitions to the offices, this team should have been credited with a technical defeat.
This is necessary to be more attentive to this topic in the future. So as not to manipulate these issues. To respect the principle of sportsmanship, and not to cast lots or any other manipulation
There were many reasons for this match to take place and, in fact, every effort was made to ensure that it took place. We had the necessary number of players, a complete coaching staff and the other side refused to give the opportunity to play this match, making use of its right to do so. Yes, they had the right to refuse to organize this match.
But in later situations this can become a reason for serious manipulations: rivals approach us, we do tests, they get a “positive” result, although the next day they will receive a “negative” result, our chief medical officer categorically prohibits playing the game . We urgently demand to call the second squad and the game will be tomorrow, the team doesn’t have time, receives a technical defeat and leaves home – everything is simple ”, he concluded. Скоропашкин.
It is worth noting that the chief sanitary doctor of the canton of Lucerne did not always have such principles: when a player from a local club was diagnosed with COVID-19, he did not tolerate this fight.
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