Previous press officer of former Ukrainian national crew mentor Andriy Shevchenko Nikolay Vasilkov spoke about the Ukrainian countrywide team’s gamers assembly with present-day Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin just after the qualifying match at Euro 2000 Russia – Ukraine (1: 1) in 1999.
“Putin went to the locker area of the Ukrainian countrywide staff after the match. He then he was not nonetheless the president, but the prime minister. He presented the watches to the players of the Ukrainian national group, he also approached Sheva and explained: “I keep in mind you”.
Then it seemed that he was not fascinated in football and Shevchenko is a famed football participant who scored a goal. And he now appears like a threat from the previous, “Vasilkov said.
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