Former Ukraine coach Nikolai Pavlov did not leave his native Kyiv when the Russian occupiers approached the capital.

Nikolai Pavlov strongly denounced the Russian invaders / Photo: Collage: Today
The patriarch of the training store of Ukraine Mykola Pavlov worked with many Ukrainian clubs during his career. He was shocked by the massive Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
By the way, Mykola Pavlov recently clarified where the Ukrainian championship will be held.
The 67-year-old specialist still cannot understand the motives of the Russian soldiers who came to our land. It becomes even stranger when the peoples of Little Russia, who themselves live in poverty, are involved in aggression.

“They came here, but who called them? Did they bring the order here?” They destroyed everything we built. These burritos…
they have There are no brains at allThey showed that they don’t even have toilets.

Buryats and Chechnya opened fire. / Photo: Collage: Today
The famous coach also stated that he believed in the Ukrainian army when invaders besieged Kyiv.
“I am over 60 years old, and I can leave safely, And even more than that. Two or three days later, there were numerous calls from former players, who said, “We will be glad to receive you.”
But I decided to stay. I had confidence in that The enemy will not be able to take Kyiv. I was sure that our people would unite like never before. “There was no such thing in 2014,” Pavlov said in an interview with Football 1 channel.

Mykola Pavlov / Photo: Metalist 1925
It is noteworthy that Dynamo Kyiv coach Mykola Pavlov won gold medals in the 1994/95 season. At the helm of the Dnipro he won the silver medal at the 1992/93 Ukrainian championship and bronze in 1992.
Mykola Pavlov won the Ukraine Cup 2008/09 with the Poltava Vorskla team. In 1992 and 1994 he held the position of coach of the Ukrainian national team.