The Russian scored a goal and ran to the camera. His gesture has already circulated the world media [WIDEO]

The war in Ukraine is a particularly difficult time for a footballer from that country. Who watched the Europa League matches, remembers Ruslan Malinowski in Thursday’s match of the 1/16 final with Olympiacos Piraeus (3: 0)

Alexei Miranchuk apologizes after the goal was scored. “Family”

Soon after, we had another situation where the goalscorer refrained from celebrating. On Monday, the match of the 27th round took place. In it, Atalanta Bergamo played at UC Sampdoria in her own stadium, in which she is playing. The Pole’s team turned out to be much weaker.

Atalanta quickly took the lead. In the 6th minute the goal was scored by Pasalić, and in the 29th minute the result was increased by Koopmeiners. Alexey Miranchuk did not appear in the starting line-up. He checked in on the pitch in the 60th minute, with a score of 2: 0. A minute later, he made an assist with Koopmeiners’ second hit.

Miranczuk, after a great individual rally, scored his goal in the 86th minute. But there was no sign of joy on his face. Instead, he took a few steps, his head bowed, and immediately made an apologetic gesture. His teammates ran up to him quickly and supported him. Such behavior is rare, because few Russian athletes have decided in any way to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

On Thursday, February 17, there was an armed attack by Russia on. Since then, the world has been tense and the armed struggle has affected sport as well. Federations, unions, clubs and individual sportsmen oppose the aggression of the Russian authorities. , including the play-off matches to the 2022 World Cup or the knockout matches of the Europa League and the European Conference League.

It may seem that the war will divide all representatives of both warring countries. It was completely different inside, where Miranczuk from Russia and Malinowski from Ukraine perform. “When the madness of the Russian war started, Miranczuk and Malinowski hugged each other and then the rest of the team joined them like a big family,” said Matteo Pessina, the team’s 24-year-old midfielder.

even Monday’s match with. The Ukrainian, however, was present in the stands of the stadium in Bergamo. Perhaps coach Gian Piero Gasperini felt the midfielder deserved a rest after his recent encounter with Olympiacos. Before the game, Malinowski met his compatriot from Sampdoria, Władysław Supriaha. The Sampdoria forward spent the entire match against Atalanta on the bench.