The president of the Ukrainian Football Federation, Andrei Pavelko, is pleased with the victory of the Croatian national team over the Russians.

On the eve of Croatia in the penalty shootout beat Russia (4: 3, 2: 2 in regular time) and reached the semifinal of the 2018 World Cup.

In connection with this event, FFU President Andrei Pavelko congratulated his colleague Davor Shuker.

"I congratulate my Croatian colleague and friend Davor Shuker on the victory and the release of Croatia in the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup!" Many patriots of Ukraine today clearly felt a bit Croats. By the way, in the four best soccer teams in the world, the Croatian team was last in 1998 when Davor Shuker shone in her composition, "Pavelko wrote on his Facebook page.

Earlier, the leader of the "checkered" Luka Modric commented on the victory over the Russian team.