The midfielder of the German “Schalke” and the national team of Ukraine Yevhen Konoplyanka explained his words to the national team coach Andrey Shevchenko.

Earlier, Konoplyanka gave an interview to the official UEFA website, where he talks about the former striker Dynamo, Milan and Chelsea. The media spread this news, where, according to Konoplyanka, he does not consider Shevchenko a legend. After that, considerable negative.

However, the player explained these words, noting that he was misunderstood.

"Frankly, I'm a bit shocked. Unpleasantly surprised by representatives of one of the media, which changed the emphasis in the words spoken by me, and, accordingly, distorted the meaning. Perhaps they were influenced by what I said that I was a fan of Juventus as a child?.

But I want to emphasize that, of course, I consider Andriy Shevchenko to be a legend of Ukrainian and world football, and I greatly respect his achievements as a player. Answering a question from a UEFA correspondent, I said that I did not look at Andrei Nikolayevich as a legend during the training process and the games, because I perceive him as the head coach. ", - quotes the words Linnet segodnya. ua.

Recall that now Linnet is preparing for a friendly game with Italy, which will be held on October 10.