Viacheslav Bohodelov, a former goalkeeping coach at Dynamo Kyiv, said that when Anatoliy Demyanenko coached Nasaf, he was a real star in Uzbekistan.
В’ячеслав Богоделов- The players who won the Cup of Cups in 1986 were simply idolised there. We would come to any city and Demyanenko would be immediately recognised at the airports.
One day, a very old man who was already near the cemetery and could barely speak saw Demyanenko and screamed! Everyone was shouting: "Demyanenko! Demyanenko!" and high-fived him, because he played at number five. They would bring him magazines from the Soviet era with his photos to sign. He was an icon for them," Bohodelov was quoted as saying byUV.
