Quarterfinal match of the Cup of Ukraine between Shakhtar and Poltava re-will not take place.
The first attempt to determine the semifinalist of the Cup of Ukraine was scheduled for 30 November, but due to severe weather conditions, the home stadium of Poltava proved to be unsuitable to host the match.
Today at 14:00 the team had to go on the field, but the second time is the match Poltava – Shakhtar will not take place. The pitch at the Lokomotiv stadium still does not meet the standards.
The football Federation of Ukraine has offered “Poltava” is the home arena to play a match with “Shakhtar” stadium “Vorskla” or any other arena that meets the requirements. In response to this decision, the President “Poltava” Leonid Sobolev refused to move the game to another stadium.
“The match will not take place. Just passed a pre-match meeting – it match Director Alexander Degtyar has announced that the game will take place at the Lokomotiv stadium. Then asked the Director of the football club to Vinnitsa. He said that the match will not be transferred anywhere,” leads “Football.ua” the statement of the press service of Poltava.
Sobolev at 14:00 is going to declare the termination of existence of the club of the First League of FC “Poltava”.
As for Shakhtar, the Pitmen returned to Kiev instead of the Ukrainian Cup will hold a training session on the basis of the Dnieper.
Obviously, “Poltava” waiting for a technical defeat, and Shakhtar without a fight will follow in the Ukrainian Cup semi-final.
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