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Ukrainian soccer players attack the captain of the Russian team for his silence before the war
Yarmolenko and Mykolenko rebuked Artem Dzyuba, captain of the Russian soccer team, on their social networks to speak out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine
West Ham footballer Andriy Yarmolenko spoke out forcefully on the Russian invasion. He pointed out that it would make a great change and impact if everyone, Russian and Ukrainian athletes, spoke out and showed the world what is happening in their country.
Yarmolenko assures that he has spoken with Russian athletes and they have expressed their discontent about the conflict, assuring that their president (Putin) is acting badly.
At the same time, he called on his colleagues to speak out “Guys, you have influence on people, show it.”
On the other hand, Yarmolenko sent a public message to the Russian captain, Artem Dzyuba, assuring that the Russian soccer player likes to show his intimacy on social networks, “It's time to show the balls in real life. Glory Ukraine” ended.
Mykolenko, also criticized Dzyuba on social networks, being a little harsher than Yarmolenko, rebuked the Russian footballer, that while he remains silent, "thousands of peaceful citizens are killed"
Dzyuba was removed from the Russian national team in 2020 after a sex tape was leaked.
Who was the technical director at that time, Stanislav Cherchesov, announced that the best decision was to dismiss Dzyuba from the team to take care of the image of the team and the player due to “extremely negative publicity”.
After the leak of the sex tape, Dzyuba was heavily criticized by the fans and the coach of his club.
