Former head coach of the Ukrainian national team Andriy Shevchenko told why he left the national team.

Andriy Shevchenko convened a special press conference, at which he spoke about the true reasons why he and his headquarters stopped working from the national team.

" We managed to become one. I think that everyone has many questions and the main one is why our team did not renew the contract with the national team. After Euro 2020, we decided to extend the agreement with the national team. Upon arrival in Kiev, we met with the President of the UAF, Andrey Pavelko, where I informed him about this decision.. He replied that he was not ready to discuss this moment and I flew away on vacation. Then we met at the final of Euro 2020, but there was no talk of prolonging the contract. "

" I never said that I was leaving. The contract was signed in this way, because I wanted to take stock after Euro 2020 and understand whether it is worth renewing the contract.. For our part, we wanted to continue working with the national team..

I am stating the facts.

I have heard a lot of conversations in two weeks and I think that fans, journalists and the whole public should know how everything happened.. Now we have no contacts with Pavelko "

" The contracts always had the same numbers. Again. We didn't want to leave, we wanted to continue working and renew the contract "

Andriy Shevchenko's place in the Ukrainian national team was taken by Alexander Petrakov. He is currently acting as head coach..

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