The former press attache of the former coach of the Ukrainian national team Andriy Shevchenko released footage of the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the players of the team and presenting them with gifts.
“After the Russia-Ukraine match in 1999, he (Putin) gave the players a watch, approached Shevchenko and told him:“ I remember you, ”Sport.ua quotes the former press attache of the Ukrainian coach Nikolai Vasilkov. speaking, football, because Shevchenko is a famous player.”
45-year-old Andriy Shevchenko received the Golden Ball award for the best player in the world in 2004, playing for the Italian club AC Milan, becoming the third Ukrainian player to receive this prestigious award after the duet of Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov. .
The famous Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko defended the colors of his country from 1994 to 2012. Before becoming her coach in 2016, he took on the task of coaching Italian club Genoa from 2021 to 2022.
Source: “russian.rt.com”