An emotional hug between the Ukrainians Vitaly Mykolenko, of Everton, and Oleksandr Zinchenko, of Manchester City, reflected the pain of war, in the clash between the two teams played at Goodison Park.
The stadium in the city of Liverpool observed a minute of silence before the start of the clash between Frank Lampard’s team and Pep Guardiola.
In those sixty seconds, Tears fell on the faces of the players, sensitized by the situation in their country, invaded by Russia.
Later, both players, from opposing teams, looked for each other on the pitch and merged into an emotional hug, in the midst of an anti-war atmosphere.
Both Mykolenko and Zinchenko started as substitutes in the Premier clash. It was the culmination of a unanimous movement for peace.
The components of Everton jumped onto the field with Ukrainian flags tied around their necks. Those of Manchester City with a white shirt against the war. On the video scoreboard, “Stop Putin, Stop War”, an appeal to the president of Russia to stop, to stop the war.
The public carried banners for peace, in a unanimous movement of all those present at the Goodison Park stadium.
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The most loaded hug we’ve seen in sports in a long time. Ukrainians together.
Zinchenko and Mykolenko before the match between Manchester City and Everton. pic.twitter.com/XDABoP0BAz
— Goals Live (@golesendir_) February 26, 2022
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