According to Sport.ua, the football player went to America a few months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when the spring part of the 2021/22 season was not played for this reason, and he received a “free” from Chernihiv “Desna”.
After arriving in Odessa, the 24-year-old Shevtsov spent several weeks getting used to the new team and familiarizing himself with the coaching requirements, which allowed his name to be included in the list of participants in Saturday’s match of the 7th round of the Ukrainian Premier League between “Chernomorets” and “Karpaty”. However, he did not take part in this fight.
Oleksandr Babich, the head coach of “Maryakov” said about the newcomer’s prospects.
“He needs time. We all remember the ego game for “Desna”. This is a striker of a different format than Khoblenko and Popov. He is a little “thinner”, he can play a stretched forward. We are counting on him, although now Shevtsov’s functional condition is not enough for half a half. Today, we have a group of football players who have gone through all the training sessions and training sessions with the team, so they more or less understand our requirements in terms of tactics. We have competition, and if Ilya works properly, he will certainly get his chance.”
Ilya Shevtsov is the son of Sergei Shevtsov, a former player of Kherson “Krystal”, Dnipropetrovsk “Dnipro”, “Vorskla”, “Tavria” and “Zakarptia”, who has been working as a coach for about two decades. In addition to playing for the aforementioned “Charlotte Independence” and “Desne”, he defended the colors of “Krystal” and “Shakhtar” Donetsk (U-19).
Source: sport.ua