The materials will be transferred to the Ethics and Fair Play Committee
Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) announced an internal investigation on suspicion of manipulating the result of the match Minaj – Dynamo (1:3).
The Internal Investigation Service for unlawful behavior of participants in football competitions opened a case on April 16. The UAF reports that “preventive measures prevented influence (manipulation) on the result of the match.” The results were submitted to the UAF Ethics and Fair Play Committee.
Earlier, journalist Roman Bebekh reported that before the final match between Minaj and Dynamo, an unnamed defendant approached two players of the Uzhgorod club with an offer to “realize comfortable confidence” for five thousand dollars. The footballers refused the offer.
According to his colleague Igor Burbas, Dmitry Nemchaninov and Evgeniy Skiba received offers to “leave the match”. Each of the players was to receive five thousand dollars.
Minaya’s manager Miroslav Nebesnik said that “there really was access to the players.” The players themselves reported this fact to the club management. Minaj officially stated that he had not identified any evidence of foul play on the part of his players following the results of an internal investigation.
The Minaj – Dynamo match should have taken place last winter. On December 3, the match started at 13:00 at the Minaj stadium, but lasted just over a minute. Referee Alexander Shandor suspended the match due to an air raid warning. Since the threat throughout Ukraine continued for a long time, the match delegate decided to postpone the game.
As a result, the parties agreed to finish the match in Kyiv on April 17. Dynamo confidently won the first half against the outsider, but after the break Minaj gave a fight. Zeljko Ljubenovic’s team quickly reduced the gap in the score and had several chances to score a second goal, until at the end of the game the Kievans scored the final score – 1:3.
Minaj ranks last in the UPL with 16 points. In the next match, Zeljko Ljubenovic’s team will host Chernomorets on April 27.
Source: Sportarena
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