“The law enforcement officers did not file a case against us. This case was initiated back in 2023 for some contractual matches. Now, at the request of an unknown publication, the materials were simply added to the old case. I have not seen a separate criminal case regarding our club.
I can explain almost any game. For example, when they talk about the cup game with Niva, we published a day before the match that U-19 will play, not the base. If managers of companies taking bids are watching this, that’s their problem.
“Poltava” did not engage in contractual matches. As a director, I declare that the management of the club has nothing to do with the organization or even the thought of fixed matches.
We talked about it even before the game with Shakhtar. Football players all assured me that they do not participate in these things. However, if there were any facts, and not just words, then the UAF ethics committee and law enforcement agencies would have “shaken” us long ago, Ivashchenko said.
Source: sport.ua