Nikolai Vasilkov, the former Ukrainian national workforce push officer, uncovered to former mentor Andrei Shevchenko the scenes of the match that brought the latter and his gamers jointly with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Following the Russia-Ukraine match in 1999, he (Putin) gave the gamers watches and told Shevchenko: ‘I remembered you,'” Vasilkov mentioned.
Shevchenko, now 45, was awarded the “Ballon d’Or” as the most effective participant in the earth in 2004 as an AC Milan participant, and is the third Ukrainian to gain the award after compatriots Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov.
“Shiva” played with his nationwide team from 1994 to 2012, then took on the job of coach in 2016, and from there he moved on to coach Genoa, Italy, in between 2021 and 2022.
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