by South Coast Royal »
03 Jun 2022 16:11
A question possibly for Uke but is there perhaps just a bit of resentment back in Ukraine that none of their national side has volunteered to join the fight against Russia or do they see it that this is a positive distraction from the dreadful things going on there.?
FWIW ,and it was over a much longer period, but during WW2 professional footballers, Matt Busby, Bill Shankly et al were called up to the forces but I have no idea how much actual fighting they did.
The Klitchko brothers seem to be actively involved and we saw those millions of young wives and children entering Poland and their husbands left behind to fight if they were between (?) 18-60 or whatever the age range.
At the beginning BBC followed 2 young students who had no experience but felt it was their duty to sign up and they were immediately in the firing line .
As for the upcoming game I expect Wales to offer more of a challenge than the Scots did and, with what is at stake and we saw that Ukraine were a bit on the dirty side the other night, I shall probably have a bet on the bookings.