Moreover, as is customary in Ukrainian football, the FFU leaders in the battle over the calendar took the side of Donetsk "Shakhtar" and Kyiv "Dynamo," who insisted on exactly such a start to the second round. The 1/2 final matches of the Ukrainian Cup will take place on April 9th and 21st. Recall that according to the PFL calendar plan, the season in Ukraine was supposed to begin with Ukrainian Cup games. Interestingly, the calendar variant with an analogous start to the spring part of the championship, which was adopted today by the Executive Committee, was lobbied for earlier by none other than Kyiv "Dynamo"…

Admittedly, at the previous meeting of the PFL Council, all representatives of the Higher League clubs and even Kyiv "Dynamo" agreed with the Professional Football League's variant and voted for it unanimously. On Thursday, the Kyivans were also supported by their "friends" from "Shakhtar." Moreover, a paradoxical situation emerges. Two clubs dictate their will to all the other 14 teams in Ukraine. One gets the impression that the other clubs don't care when, how, or where they play — the main thing is not to irritate the powers that be…

However, the current decision of the FFU Executive Committee is, first of all, another public slap in the face that Hryhoriy Surkis "delivered" to PFL President Ravil Safiullin, who was only re-elected to his position on Wednesday. This is, so to speak, a demonstrative "flogging" of the PFL, which had set itself the goal of once again publicly proving that no matter what decisions are made in the PFL, the Football Federation of Ukraine will do as it sees fit.

P.S. In this situation, a perfectly logical question arises. Why does Ukrainian football need the Professional Football League of Ukraine? Practically all decisions of this football organization are blocked by the FFU. The relationship between the two football authorities of Ukraine is very reminiscent of the situation in Ukraine's political life, where the PFL plays the role of the Verkhovna Rada and the FFU plays the role of the President of Ukraine.