Srna: I called the head of UEFA and cried on the phone

 

Shakhtar sports director Darijo Srna told how the evacuation of foreign players and coaching staff of the Donetsk club took place.

- When I heard the first siren, I automatically returned 25-30 years ago, to the war in the Balkans. There were about 50 of us in the hotel: all Brazilians with their families, De Zerbi's Italian coaching staff and three Croats. Apart from the embassies of Israel and Portugal, no one offered us anything specific. The players were desperate and didn't know what to do.

I called UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin and cried into the phone. I couldn't see the players and their families, helpless and crying. What he did for us was his biggest victory. He is a great man and the greatest ambassador of football, - Spanish "Marka" quotes Srna.

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The sports director of Shakhtar Dario Srna told, how did the evacuation of foreign football players and the coaching staff of the Donetsk club take place.

- If I felt the pershu siren, I automatically turned 25-30 years before the war in the Balkans. We were close to 50 people at the hotel: two Brazilians with their families, the Italian coaching staff De Dzerbi and three Croatians. We will surround the embassies of Israel and Portugal without saying anything specific to us. The graves were at the rose and did not know what to work.

I phoned UEFA President Oleksandr Cheferin and cried into the phone. I didn’t have a moment to beat the shameless football players of that motherland that weep. Those who built wine for us were the greatest win. Vin is a great person and the greatest ambassador of football, - quoting the Spanish "Mark".