Luis Castro, current coach Al Duhail (Qatar) and on his way to Botafogo (Brazil) did not forget his time in Shakhtar Donetsk, where he was between 2019 and 2021, i.e. two seasons, and made appeals to the international community due to the war that plagued Ukraine.

“Stop the war, stop! How can this happen in a country that loves freedom, in a city like Kyiv, with more than four million inhabitants? So, yes, I think, because there is new information every second. I think of this senseless war, which can only be explained by a desperate thirst for power, without even thinking for a moment about man, the value of human life ”, he defended in his interview with the French newspaper L. to equip.

Luis Castro, 60, still remembers the life he lived in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

I have friends there who have wives and young children, so it’s a matter of survival for them. It’s a terrible situation. World leaders should be ashamed, not just Russians. They cannot talk about the economy or any other subject. Nothing can be put above peace. I am angry at what I see on TV. But I’m even more surprised that we can’t stop this madness. We still say that we are doing our best, but it is not quite so … ”, he added.

In conclusion, the coach revealed that he put his home in Portugal at the disposal of a Ukrainian family and once again asked for an end to the conflict.

He concluded his speech by saying, “I hope the world understands and reacts before it is too late.”