“Don’t hang your head.” Tsygankov at the dawn of his career could move to Shakhtar

Pavlo Kikotone of the first coaches of the Ukrainian winger of the Catalan “Girona” Viktor Tsygankovsaid that the star footballer at the beginning of his career could have moved to Shakhtar Donetsk, not Kyiv Dynamo:

“I showed Viktor and his father the base, our Dynamo infrastructure. Then Tsygankov Sr. told me that they still have an option with Shakhtar in Donetsk on Kirsha.

I told his father: “Vitalik, don’t worry. From Vinnytsia, you have to drive 200 kilometers to Kyiv, and how far to Donetsk? You won’t be able to keep your finger on the pulse.” Yes, Viti’s father and Vitalik Kosovsky played for Vinnytsia “Niva” at one time, they were already acquainted at the club.

In general, at that time in “Dynamo”, the players, the coaching staff, the conditions were at the highest level. Vitya immediately joined our team. I think he liked it. Back then, there were times when Shakhtar and I competed well for young talents. There were also Kyivans in Shakhtar.