Yevhen Matiukha

Now that Dynamo Kyiv’s fan’s emotions have calmed down a little, after the team’s disgrace on the European arena, the discharge of Valery Gazzaev was not entirely unnoticed but was nevertheless taken for granted. They will definitely not forgive Ihor Surkis (the president of Dynamo) a second “BATE...

Once, the president of FC Dynamo Kyiv Ihor Surkis stated in an interview that he planned to create a new soccer show which could disrupt the TRK Ukraina’s Soccer Weekend’s hegemony in the television space of this country [TV channel TRK Ukraina relates to domestic tycoon Rinat Akhmetov from Donetsk...

The news about the resignation of the coach of the Ukrainian soccer team Myron Markevych literally had the effect of a bomb. Of course, it is true that many people predicted similar developments in the light of the conflict that broke out, but nobody wanted to take it seriously. Yet, it happened:...

Finally we’ve got it. A new team, new players, and, let’s be honest, ambiguous impressions. I’d like to talk about these impressions. Analyzing a team’s debut game, especially if it is like the last one, is rather difficult, and, frankly, is actually almost useless. Because for any argument one can...

In the central match of this round, Kharkiv’s Metalist was powerless against Kyiv’s Dynamo. It looks that Kharkiv will finish the championship in third place – for the fourth year in a row! However, it’s too early to make such predictions, since there are eight more matches ahead, and it is highly...