Ukrainian officials pray that Ukraine will not qualify for the World Cup
Even if the Ukrainian national football team wins the right to participate in the World Cup, its matches cannot be broadcast in Ukraine. Zurab Alasania, who will take office as head of the National Public Television Company of Ukraine on May 13, stated this in an interview with Telekritika.
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“When it comes to broadcasting the 2018 World Cup in Russia, I will focus on the country. If the national team goes there and the country decides that it can go to the Russian Federation and participate there, I, as the head of the channel, even at the risk of resignation, will say: “We will not show this.” I asked major football hierarchs about this, they grimace and say: “God willing, Ukraine won’t get in,” said Alasania.
Let us note that in its qualifying group, after half of the matches played, Ukraine ranks third, which does not give the right to participate in the World Cup.
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