"There is no such name": ribbon nothing to say Tymoschuk, which remained in the Russian Federation (video)

The coach of the national team of Ukraine stated that he did not take the hands if the Russian representatives call. In the 2008-2009 season he played in Russia for Kazan Ruby. On the eve of the qualification match of the national team of Ukraine on Euro-2024, coach Sergey Rebrov told about his attitude to the former captain of the national team Anatoly Tymoschuk, the admission of Russian teams to international tournaments and that UPL is a "really interesting championship".

It is reported by the Ukrainian Radio Liberty Service. Rebrov, who played in Russia for Kazan "Rubin" in the 2008-2009 season, said that he does not communicate now and does not take the phone if representatives of the Russian Federation call. He noted that now he has no desire to communicate with people with the Russian Federation, even if one or another person did not do anything wrong.

According to him, Anatoly Tymoschuk, who remained in the Peter Zenita "after the start of a full -scale war in Ukraine, has nothing to say to him. "There is no desire to talk to such people. The war is going on now, so everyone needs to decide where he is with Ukraine or there, with Rashists. I can't be in the middle:" I am neutral, I'm out of politics. "He decided that he was there This is his life, I do not even mention him, " - said the coach of the national team of Ukraine.

"I understand that it was once a big name in football, but now this name is gone at all," the coach said. The team mentor expressed his opinion on the debugging discussion about the return of Russian teams to international tournaments. Rebrov recalled the case in the first days of a full -scale invasion, when a gymnast from the Russian Federation Ivan Kuliak at the award ceremony stood on a pedestal with an attached symbol Z.

, some of them got into the lenses of the cameras, sometimes on the pedestal - and came out with swastika Z. Now it can be the same, - said Rebrov. - There is no difference at what age: war - I think, I think that this decision [on the admission of Russian youth teams to the competition] is very incomprehensible to us and for all of Europe. " Rebrov noted that football rivalry between Ukrainian and Russian teams has always been fundamental.

"I remember the hype, I remember the game when we played when Andrei Shevchenko scored the ball at the end- so this excitement was created by the Russians in general. When we played in Ukraine, in Kiev [the first selection match for Euro- 2000], everyone was waiting, but somehow the Ukrainians treated it in a different way. We respected them, but so they sought to win because we believed that Ukraine was stronger, "Rebrov said.

According to him, it is a historical confrontation, "but no one understood that it could move to this level, to the level of war. " The team coach also said that, despite all the criticism of the inner football championship, it is interesting to watch it. "If a weak championship, then why are they playing Europe enough? Why Shakhtar wins the Champions League why Zorya wins in the League of Conferences? I think we are a strong nation. Yes, now is a very strong outflow Ukraine.

But this is a big opportunity for Ukrainian players who can declare myself. I think we have an interesting championship, I keep track of it because I am a coach of the national team, and because it is really interesting, "he said. Recall that in the previous selection match, the Italian national team, which is considered the most complex rival for Ukraine, convincingly beat the blue and yellow.