Patrick Van Leeuwen, Getty Images 05 May 2025, 17:14

The head coach of Kharkiv Metalist 1925 Patrick Van Leuven criticized the development of Ukrainian football after the first league match against Metalist. Quotes the Dutch specialist official site “yellow-blue”.

“There are some problems with the development of football, but in the match with a metalist I saw even more problems in Ukrainian football. I think you were not blind and you have seen everything on the field, this is not the development of football and I am not talking about football players.

We have started very slowly, we must play much faster. In the second half, they played faster, but because of the mistake they got a second goal, then we corrected and leveled the bill, and then the show began, “Van Leuven said.

Currently, Metalist in 1925 is the third place in the standings of the championship group of the Ukrainian First League, gaining 32 points after 19 played tours.