Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih striker Roman Debelko told how in 2014 he might not have left the already occupied Donetsk.
Roman Debelko (photo: fckryvbas.com)- I was scared because I didn't know what would happen next. Rallies and protests were only gaining strength. We were in Donetsk when the situation was already very tense, there were already DPR checkpoints. When the season was ending and the situation was escalating, the club's management did not understand how everything would be resolved. Then the team left for a training camp, but later they even returned to Donetsk. But there were already DPR checkpoints in the city, and everyone realized that it was very dangerous to be there.
I remember an incident when a man with an assault rifle came on the bus and asked, "Are there any people from Western Ukraine?" I was a little tense, but our driver said no, we were all our own. Then we left. I had one more year left on my contract, but I couldn't play for the U-21s because of my age. Metalurh didn't want me in the first team, so I went on loan," Roman toldUV.
