Dnipro-1 forward Artem Dovbik called the problems of holding UPL matches in war conditions.
Artem Dovbik. Photo - scdnipro1.com.ua“At the end of the year, we lost several important points, although we beat Shakhtar. I'm not making excuses, but you know even without me that in the fall Dnipro-1 played eight matches two days later for the third. For me, as a football player, this is a real dream. But there is one "but". It's one thing when you fly to games and recover like a professional athlete needs, and another thing when you travel thousands of kilometers by bus.
I remember that after the match with Dynamo we arrived at the border at midnight and crossed it at eight in the morning. We were already known there by all the border dogs! I heard the phrase that you will never become a great tennis player if you do not learn how to sleep on an airplane. So it will be difficult for you to play in the UPL team playing in European competitions during the war if you cannot recover on the bus.
Seats on the floor, in the aisle - these were VIP tickets! We slept there like sprats in a jar, and I'm not exaggerating. But I'm not complaining either. Because I understand that everything is different there on the front line. They are doing everything for our country to survive, and our task is to endure and do our job,” Dovbik added.
