The head of the UAF confessed his love for Italy and called on the people of this country not to forget about supporting Ukraine
Former forward of Milan and the Ukrainian national team, ex-coach of the national team, ambassador of the UNITED24 platform and, recently, president of the UAF Andrey Shevchenko recorded an appeal to the people of Italy.
“Greetings to all Italians and my beloved city Milan. With you I lived the best years and the best emotions of my career. Today marks two years since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But we all know very well that the war actually started ten years ago.”
“I make this appeal from Kyiv. My country suffers from grave injustice. We are all fighting together for the values and freedom of an extraordinary people.”
“Our Ukraine really needs support. Your help is also important. We need to take a stand and make our voices and yours heard even louder. Keep talking about what we are suffering.”
“Attention must always be on top; no one should consider everything that the occupier does to us as normal. Only in this way can we achieve peace, which is our only goal. Thank you for what you have done and what you will do. Thank you Italy, I love you.”
Let us remind you that Shevchenko was elected as the new president of the UAF on January 25. The team of the new head of the Association also included Pavel Boychuk, Sergey Rebrov and Alexander Shevchenko as vice-presidents.
In early February, the new UAF president attended the UEFA Congress, which took place in the capital of France. There, Shevchenko, in particular, met with UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin in order, as Andrei himself wrote, “to discuss the next steps of the new leadership of the UAF and preventing the return of Russian teams to international competitions.” The Ukrainian also met with FIFA head Gianni Infantino.
Soon, the head of the Ukrainian Football Association signed a memorandum of cooperation with the president of the Italian Football Association, Gabriele Gravina.
On February 13, Shevchenko met with UPL referees at a training camp in Transcarpathia. Subsequently, the head of the UAF held meetings with representatives of UPL and PFL clubs.
Shevchenko has been actively working in the media space since the first day of the full-scale military invasion. The ex-coach of the Ukrainian national team took part in several charity matches in support of Ukraine, and also became the first ambassador of the presidential initiative UNITED24, which is designed to help Ukraine in the fight against the Russian invasion.
In June 2022, Andrey Shevchenko, together with 1+1 media, launched the “Sports Front” project, designed to attract the attention of the international sports community to the war in Ukraine. The ex-coach of the Ukrainian national team also joined the Tribune of Heroes charitable foundation and met with the families of Ukrainian ultras. Shevchenko transferred 400 thousand hryvnia to the organization.
In the early hours of February 24, 2022, exactly two years ago, Russia launched rocket and air strikes on most Ukrainian cities and then launched a full-scale military invasion. The war against Russia has continued for the 731st day.
Source: Sportarena
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