Yesterday, Ukrainian electronic media provided information about a possible conspiracy in the conduct of the Ukrainian championship match "Volyn" - "Metalurh" (Zaporizhzhia). The reason for the suspicions was the behavior of several bookmaker companies in the country in accepting bets on the specified game. As reported, several substantial bets were placed in Zaporizhzhia on "Metalurh" winning, which can be linked to a pre-known result of the game.
Representatives of "Volyn" claim that there can be no question of any throwing of the game. "Volyn," while fighting for honors in the Ukrainian championship, has never allowed and will not allow itself such a criminal attitude toward football. The club is confident that this story was artificially inflated by the bookmakers themselves, for their own free advertising.
"It is pleasant, of course, that our team's defeat on its own field caused such interest, but "Metalurh" can also be understood. They need points right now like air. And at the start of the game they played very actively and it was visible from the first minutes that "Metalurh" was ready to play and score. They bravely threw themselves under the ball in their own penalty area. Let those who spread such dirty rumors at least watch the game..." the club commented on the situation.