A scandalous message. Thank you for your support, the players of the famous club sent greetings to the Russian fans

There was an immediate wave of dissent with the players thanking the fans of a country waging an aggressive bloody war against its neighbor. “To put it mildly, I was surprised by the recording,” said Robert Lewandowski, a teammate of both men, who is the captain of the Polish national team. Poland is one of the biggest supporters of helping Ukraine against the Russian aggressor. He added that he had been told that this was not an official position of FC Barcelona.

“It is already the second year of the bloody and unjustifiable military invasion of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. Thousands of Ukrainians became victims of this war, dozens of cities were destroyed, millions of people lost their homes and became refugees. The whole world united in support of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people and condemned the invasion. Every day we do everything to accelerate the victory of Ukraine and protect the European values ​​of freedom and democracy. The Polish people provide special help to Ukraine: in particular, the captain of the Polish national team and Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has repeatedly demonstrated his solidarity with Ukrainians. And then we see players from one of the world’s best clubs, Barcelona, ​​reach out to the Russians and express their gratitude and support. We consider this an intolerable and simply immoral act. We must remember that no victory on the football field is worth the life of a child, no money earned on the football market is worth the destroyed cities and destroyed people’s lives,” one of the best and most famous Ukrainian teams, Shakhtar Donetsk, comprehensively commented on the situation.

“While Russia is bombing civilian Ukrainian cities with missiles, killing civilians, our heroes are dying and ordinary Russians are silently watching or supporting this war – Barcelona is recording a video in which it addresses Russian fans and interprets their greetings. Shame on Barcelona, ​​Alejandro Balde and Sergi Roberto for this act,” commentator Vitaly Kravchenko responded to the players’ appeal to the Russian fans live during the match between Barcelona and Sociedade, reminding that Ukraine is being helped with weapons, humanitarian aid and words of support not only by the whole of Spain, but there is also a video in which the president of FC Barcelona, ​​Joan Laporta, expresses his support for the Ukrainians. “But the appeal of Balde and Robert to the Russian fans is an attempt to sit on two chairs. And we condemn it,” added Kravchenko.