The Portuguese newspaper "deeply regrets" that Trubin was identified as a Russian

A journalist from the Portuguese newspaper A Bola, Carlos Vara, reacted to the scandal that his media outlet found itself in: the publication, in its note about the Champions League match between Munich’s Bayern and Lisbon’s Benfica (1:0), referred to the Ukrainian goalkeeper of the visiting team Anatoly Trubin as a "Russian goalkeeper".

Anatoly Trubin. Photo: Getty Images

"I deeply regret this. I must say that this is a gross mistake," Vara said in a comment to "SE", but for some unknown reason, he did not even consider apologizing, neither to Trubin nor to the Ukrainians.

Let’s recall that Trubin himself also reacted to this scandal, writing on social media: "For all media: I am Ukrainian".

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