MOSCOW, Sep 8 Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper and Ukraine national football team Andriy Pyatov said that his former partner in the national team Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, who is the coach of St. Petersburg «Zenith», was closed to Ukraine. Earlier, Tymoshchuk was deprived of a coaching license issued by the licensing center of the Ukrainian Football Association (UAF), titles of the winner and silver medalist of the championship of Ukraine , Cup of Ukraine, Supercup of Ukraine. He has been excluded from the official register of UAF national team players. The association also forbade Tymoshchuk for life to engage in football activities on the territory of Ukraine. «We know each other well, but my feelings for him are very negative. He made a choice, he must carry this cross, but the path back to Ukraine is closed to him. In such a situation, you need to make clarity. If you turn away from friends and relatives because you are comfortable in your place, is this behavior fair? You can be a legend, but above all you must remain human, «Sportowe Fakty quoted Pyatov as saying. Tymoshchuk is 43 years old. He is the champion of the Ukrainian national team in the number of matches (144). He became the champion of Russia and Germany, won the Champions League, the UEFA Cup (now the Europa League) and the UEFA Super Cup. As part of Shakhtar, he won the Ukrainian championship and the Ukrainian Cup three times, and also the Ukrainian Super Cup once. He was awarded the titles «Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine», «Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine», and he is also a holder of the Order «For Courage» III degree.
