Famous Russian journalist Alexey Andronov has commented on the appointment of Oleksandr Shovkovskiy as acting head coach of Dynamo Kyiv.
"Well, another good mate of mine becomes the coach (yet acting) of a big club. I am delighted. Sanya has to give it a try. He has already managed Dinamo, but that was only during Lucescu's illness. Now he is swimming on his own....
SaSho is an amazing person. He is friendly, intelligent, always listening to the interlocutor. He is not brutal, by no means.
When I first broke my collarbone - he wrote me at once what, how and where. He (or rather he) broke it before the 2006 World Cup. He recovered. And set a record that can not be broken (Bunu repeated) - zero conceded in a penalty shootout.
We don't know him much as a coach. But as a person, a personality - I've known him for 25 years. He is of Akinfeev's calibre, although they are very different in character.
I want him to succeed!", - wrote Andronov in his Telegram channel.