The head coach of the youth team, Dmitry Mikhailenko, spoke about the difficult adaptation of Christian Shevchenko.
Christian Shevchenko struggled in the Ukrainian U-19 national team due to his complete ignorance of the Ukrainian language. The head coach of the national team, Dmitry Mikhailenko, spoke about it.
According to the coach of the youth team, Christian Shevchenko speaks only English, so the Watford footballer had problems adapting.
“First of all, speaking about Christian Shevchenko, I would note that this player has good physical inclinations. He is fast, explosive at times. He also has individual skill. He has potential. And this is a fact. He did not play very much, but there are some objective reasons for this.
First of all, we must talk about adaptation. There is no way to survive without communication in football, and he arrived at a new team where his communication with his teammates was at an all-time low. Most of our boys don’t speak much English, and Christian speaks Ukrainian or Russian, respectively. Christian came on as a substitute twice in the games against North Macedonia and Latvia. There would have been time for the match in Switzerland, but he had a minor injury, micro-damage, so I didn’t let him out. To be honest, he didn’t fully prepare for the Swiss match,” Mikhailenko said in an interview with Ukrainian Football.
We remind you that earlier Andrei Shevchenko congratulated his son on his debut for the Ukrainian national team.
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Source: korrespondent
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