Ukrainians are ready to give their lives to defend their home land against Russia, Yuriy Vernydub, coach of Moldova’s Sheriff Tiraspol is one of such.
Six months ago Vernydub made history by defeating Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu 2-1 in the Champions League.
Marca reported that “a few weeks ago, however, everything changed and his life went from coaching the Moldovan team in the Europa League (against Braga of Portugal) to returning to his country to join the armed forces facing the Russian army.
“My son called me at 4:30am and he told me the Russians attacked us. I knew then that I would return to Ukraine to fight,” Vernydub told BBC.
“We flew home and landed in Iasi, Romania. I then went by bus to Tiraspol, in Transnistria, with the rest of the team on Friday evening and left for Ukraine first thing on Saturday morning. I enrolled on Sunday. It took 11 hours from Tiraspol to my home in Ukraine, travelling via Odessa, then through Kirovgrad, Kryvyy Rih and then Zaporoje, but I can’t say it was difficult,” the coach added.
