Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) vice-president Anatoliy Bidenko told the correspondent of newspaper Ukrainian football that qualification of those legionnaires who appeared in Ukraine recently doesn’t arouse doubts. “But my attitude towards well-known names was always careful, – he added. – The name doesn’t mean that a footballer will value it, that he will prove its importance with his good actions on the field. It is not known yet whether such player came to play football or simply earn money”. About stars
“In general the fact that a player who became famous abroad comes to Ukraine makes us think about his real motives. Our country is not France or Italy. If the player came to confirm his mastery – It is very good, because our Ukrainian players will progress with such footballer. A very important thing is what the star will show on the field, whether it will become a leader. Such player has to be a pride of his team in order the fans to come on his matches”.
About a limit
“A limit for legionnaires has to be more and more strict. Foreigners don’t give a way for Ukrainian young talents. As an example, Russia has put a task to restrain a number of foreigners on the field to four people until 2010. For sure we also have to take it as our aim and we are being deciding for two years whether we should change the limit for legionnaires from eight to seven or not. We have to be more courageous in this question. Maybe not four, but five-six foreigners is the optimal variant”.
About talented youth
“More over that we have a perspective youth who knocks not only on the door of best Ukrainian teams main squads, but also National and other teams. I suppose that our talented generation will show themselves just in this season. Maybe by making more strict limits for legionnaires we will make the clubs to pay attention to Ukrainian youth and give them an opportunity to play in the main squad. I suppose that our championship has to work on Ukraine and not for other countries”.
About refereeing
“It’s known that before the season referees had a meeting with FFU and PFL officials. I reckon any conversation like that is useful. The referees presumed that actually one mistake in a match can possibly bring career to decay. So, their arguments were discussed – now this can happen only after a second bad mark within one round. After that referee is relegated to two leagues down. Clubs understand that a referee is a human being, but everyone should see he committed a mistake and there was no sympathizing to one of competitors”.
About mutual respect
“If the entire staff, working in football, would treat each other with deference, there won’t be severe critics after matches which we sometimes hear. If a club makes claims on refereeing, he can provide the corresponding video materials to FFU Commission of Experts within three days. If we don’t trust our referees, the entire Europe won’t trust us. Then our referees will be consigned mediocre matches among the matches of international level. In my opinion, Ukrainian referees match their qualification, and inviting the foreign ones is a way to nowhere”.
About forming Premier League
“Premier League is a panacea from all disasters. We should keep in mind its forming presupposes two main tasks. The heads of the clubs should understand the importance of this point, as this is entirely another level, another aims. Then we’ll have to train the growing generation, to develop the infrastructure in order to play in equal conditions on good fields. Every club should have a solid budget. These are presidents of the clubs who should speak about the Premier League, not FFU officials. If the majority of the clubs would match all the requirements, adhere all the laws, then this will be Premier League. But when only four clubs aspire for that, and the rest are negative about it, there’s no sense in forming it”.
About numerical structure of leagues
“I’m convinced that premier league should contain 16 teams, first league – 18 teams and second league – 16 teams. I think this is enough for us. If you take a look at UEFA report, you might think Ukraine is the most developed country of Europe. At 2005 we had 77 professional clubs, whereas Denmark had 56 clubs, Hungary – 48, Bulgaria – 44, Italy – 42, France – 40”. Professional status
“To my mind, every club should meet the professional status. Those who won’t match the FFU Certification Committee would be half-professionals or amateurs. A transition league can be established for such teams, as it was set in 1992. It would help amateurs to improve the level of their infrastructure to contemporary requirements”.
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