Guardiola Salutes Players, Supporters For Ukraine Solidarity

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has thanked his players and supporters for their show of unity for Ukraine.

Both clubs had a Ukrainian player on the subs’ bench, with Aleks Zinchenko for City and Vitali Mykolenko for Everton, and both teams wore Ukraine colours as support for their country and for their teammates. That drew some tears from fans.

Zinchenko and Mykolenko were both in tears as supporters showed their appreciation – and City fans waved two Ukraine flags and had a message for Russian premier Vladimir Putin.

Said Guardiola : “I said on behalf of Manchester City thank you so much for the lovely gesture for Aleks and their player and the concern that happened.

“The concern is all around the world and I’m pretty sure the UK showed what a strange situation it is when people send innocent people that don’t hate each other in Ukraine and Russia to kill each other because one guy at home decides.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.