The Ukrainian women’s national team coach, the Spaniard Lluís Cortés (in the center) – @UAFWOMEN
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MADRID, 24 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Ukraine’s women’s soccer coach, Spaniard Lluís Cortés, assured this Thursday after the start of Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine that both he and his physical trainer Jordi Escura are fine, although moving from Kiev to Lviv in a situation ” chaotic”.
“Right now we are in a van that the federation has provided us with, trying to leave Kiev to go in the direction of Lviv. The situation is chaotic because there is a lot of traffic and we are making very little progress. But we are fine and in contact with the embassy” , he wrote on Twitter.
In statements to Mundo Deportivo collected by Europa Press, he added that the situation was “surreal”. “It looks like a movie. The noise seemed like firecrackers, you never think it could be a bomb, but we immediately realized what was happening. They have bombed the airport area here in Kiev and they have already closed the airspace,” he added. the Catalan coach, Ukraine women’s coach since the end of 2021.
Hours earlier, still from Kiev, he explained the situation hours after the start of Russian bombardments in various parts of Ukraine. “Good morning from Kiev! We are with Escura and we are fine. At the moment in the hotel, calm down, in contact with the embassy and assessing the best option for the next few hours. It is time to have a cool head and filter a lot of the information that we It arrives. Thank you, “he then contributed in the networks.