Ukrainian football team Shakhtar Donetsk have invited Barcelona after two of their players sent a message to their Russian fans. Alejandro Balde and Sergi Roberto thanked the Russian fans via video on the Telegraph, and it didn’t go down well in Ukraine.
Barcelona were crowned champions of La Liga after beating Espanyol. The players took time to send messages to fans from different countries, and the two were sent to Russia.
Shakhtar Donetsk did not like Barcelona to play in Russia. They released a statement on Tuesday that read:
“The Ukrainian football club Shakhtar expresses its displeasure with the video message sent from Barcelona players Alejandro Balde and Sergi Roberto with words of gratitude to football fans from Russia. We hope that FC Barcelona knows that it is helping a country like Russia at this time. It is unacceptable We hope that the team will accept its mistake and avoid similar incidents in the future.
It continued:
“It is the second year of the bloody and illegal war waged by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. Thousands of Ukrainians have suffered from this war, many cities have been destroyed, millions of people have lost their homes and become refugees. The whole world is united to help the Ukrainian people. and in Ukraine and oppose the invasion. Every day we do everything to accelerate the victory of Ukraine and to defend the European principles of freedom and democracy.
Shakhtar added:
“And then we see the players of one of the best clubs in the world, Barcelona, . A child’s life is worth it, no amount of money earned in the football market should be destroyed by destroyed cities and destroyed people’s lives.”
Barcelona and La Liga have not commented on his comments.
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