The former head coach of FC Shakhtar Donetsk, the Italian specialist Nevio Scala, spoke about the legendary coach of FC Dynamo Valerii Lobanovskyi.
Nevio Scala“Valerii Lobanovskyi went down in the history of Ukrainian football. His death touched the entire Ukrainian nation. I was at his funeral (at that time Scala was working at ‘Shakhtar’ — ed. note) and was moved to see so much affection from people towards him. There were just an enormous number of people — I realized how much Ukrainians respected Lobanovskyi. And also how much they loved football,” quotes Scala “Ukrainian Football”.
