MOSCOW, 14 Mar. Sports journalist Vasily Utkin criticized the Ukrainian coach of Zenit Anatoly Tymoshchuk on his Telegram channel. On Friday, the Ukrainian Football Association deprived Tymoshchuk of his coaching license, state awards and sports titles at the domestic level. He was excluded from the official register of national team players and received a lifetime ban from football activities.
"I don't care about his public position. Moreover, according to my ideas, Tymoshchuk simply cannot have any position. He is only interested in grandmas. It was a value judgment, but here's the story. As you remember, Zenit won the UEFA Cup in the eighth year. And in the semifinals he played with Bayern. The return match was held at Petrovsky. The hype was deadly", Utkin wrote.
«Tymoshchuk asked for friends either 50 or 70 tickets. It was about the same as all the others put together. Dali. But the club conducts a test purchase. Every time, this normal process to combat speculation. So, the tickets requested by Tymoshchuk were sold by speculators. Tolik just got hold of for free. This guy is exclusively about money. He had no position and cannot be. He is purely for hire, «said Utkin. Tymoshchuk is 42 years old, he holds the record for the number of matches in the Ukrainian national team (144). The footballer played for Zenit from 2007 to 2009 and from 2013 to 2015; the Ukrainian has been working as a coach for the St. Petersburg team for five years.