Brazil national team midfielder Fred, known in Ukraine for playing for Shakhtar Donetsk, thanked Dynamo Kyiv head coach Mircea Lucescu for words of support.
The specialist who worked with Fred at Shakhtar conveyed to the player through a Romanian journalist the wishes of a successful performance at the 2022 World Cup. "Tell him that I don't accept any other result than winning the World Cup," Lucescu said.
Fred did not remain in debt and answered the wishes of his former mentor.
“Thank you Mircea Lucescu! He is a special person who helped me a lot in my career at Shakhtar. I wish him every success in everything!
I have many great memories associated with Lucescu, he is a person who helped me a lot in my career to get to where I am now. He was my first coach in Europe and I have nothing but gratitude for him.
I thank him for such wishes! We will try to win the World Cup. Good luck, Mircea Lucescu!”, — quotes the words of Fred Playsport.