"Shouted to f*** off to Ukraine": hooligans attacked Ukrainian football players in Poland
Fans of Zagłębie, illustration
Michael Zalewski, former sports director of Zagłębie Sosnowiec, told how local hooligans provoked Ukrainian football players
This was reported by espreso.tv
The incident occurred during the training session of Zagłębie Sosnowiec. At the same time, local hooligan fans attacked Belarusian coach Alexander Khatskevich:
"They shouted at the Ukrainians that they should: "fuck off to Ukraine", there were no Belarusian players, but there were coaches at the headquarters, they heard what they needed: "fuck off to Belarus". They told Joel Valencia and William Remy that "there is no place for blacks here". They shouted for local players from Sosnowiec to play. Furthermore, they also told Gabriel Kirejczyk: "Go to hell, to Gliwice, what are you doing here", said Michael Zalewski, the club's former sporting director.
Zagłębie has 5 Ukrainian players: Oleksiy Shevchenko, Artem Sukhotskyi, Oleksiy Dovgyo, Artem Polyarus and Oleksiy Bykov.
- On April 3, it was reported that Khatskevich was beaten by Polish fans during a training session. On April 5, the Belarusian coach left the club.