- In the film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears”, one heroine remarked: in order to be married to a general, one must marry a lieutenant. Is it about football life?
- And about football too. Anatoly and I have been together for 18 years. On the one hand, it is very good when spouses achieve something together from the very beginning, but on the other hand, sometimes they do not have time to pay attention to each other and at some point they turn out to be strangers. It all depends on the examples that the family has.

- What is your example?
- Tolya's parents have been together all their lives.

- What is the secret of such strong families?
- You need to spend time together, create family traditions, be able to hear and understand each other.

- To the question of understanding: you are both vegetarians.
Yes, it all started with children. The idea of ​​vegetarianism has always been close to me, and when they were born, I realized: here is a chance to change my life. Our children also do not eat meat, and one daughter has already made the decision to give up fish on her own, she said that she wants the fish to live in the water. Anatoly is always free to make decisions, but he also followed my example. Another thing is the football schedule. I think it's very difficult for him on trips and at training camps, in the world all hotels and restaurants are 80% geared towards meat-eaters. I don’t know how it is there, with or without meat.

- You are not scolded by grandmothers for his thinness?
- By itself, vegetarianism is not about losing weight and healthy food, these are all different concepts. I know "vegetarian" families who think it's okay to feed their kids greasy cakes, but they're vegetarian.

- Don't you have it in the fridge?
- No, I like to study aspects healthy eating And I would like to pass this information on to other mothers. After all, many are very afraid, from the beginning of complementary foods, panic begins: you need meat, fish. And they intimidated me: something would not be enough for children, they would develop incorrectly. But lucky with the doctor. The classic German doctor, who once saved our children in the hospital for four and a half months, said: “Actually, it is enough if the child eats at least 80 grams of chicken once a week.” And now, if we disassemble this chicken into microelements, find out how much protein and amino acids there are, and see what we can replace it with - from legumes, a mixture of legumes and cereals - the child will receive everything he needs for development. I have before my eyes an example of our girls. Despite such a difficult birth, they are very active, tall, cheerful, they speak four languages, everything is with them. Instead of cake, they have dates and many other useful products. And instead of soda - just water.

How are your twins doing?
- They are very different. Mia looks like dad, such a lively one, and Noah is more like me, all sorts of acrobatic stunts are not very interesting for her. There is rivalry between them, but we try to smooth it out: you kiss one - you immediately need to kiss the second.

- How does Anatoly spend time with them?
- Most of all, they love it when dad reads them a Ukrainian fairy tale about Kotigoroshka. And they constantly ask him to do their hair. Another question is how they then look after such a hairdresser.

- Back to football. What do you think are the most important matches in Anatoly's career?
- All the Champions League finals, the iconic matches of Shakhtar - "" and the UEFA Cup, of course. First, the game itself, then the celebration, the flight to St. Petersburg, immediately a visit to the television studio, then to Moscow, to the Kremlin. We then spent two days without sleep, the guys were very tired! But to see the river of Zenit fans who meet you with a trophy is worth a lot.

- Zenit has special fans.
- This is the phenomenon of "Petrovsky". I have never met such fans anywhere else, they are so kind to the team and so charged to win! In Germany, you will not find such a charge, here everything is quiet, measured.

- How do you like returning to St. Petersburg?
- This is nostalgia, we have so many good memories connected with Peter! The city has changed a bit, roads have been built, some new places have appeared. We love parks here. In Pushkin, for example.

- Where does your family plan to settle after the end of Anatoly's playing career?
- Football life is unpredictable, it all depends on the work of her husband. If you ask only me, then I am for Germany. We have been living here for the fifth year. Our children were born here, here is our home and the center of our interests.

- Anatoly can become a coach?
- If he wants to, he can do it. My husband is very determined. His work is his way of life.

- What about your own career? We remember that you had more than one business.
- In the first six months after the birth of my daughters, I thought that this is what hell looks like. When your newborns need supplemental oxygen, heart monitoring and other devices, you are simply on call 24/7. Business, projects - everything was instantly thrown aside for three years.

- The last question: what can the Timoshchuks chat about until the morning?
- About football. Anatoly will speak, and I will listen.

Anatoly Tymoshchuk on the names of children: “At first we decided to name them Mia, which means“ mine ”, and Noa -“ active ”. True, literally a month later Mia became much more active, so in this sense, everything turned out the other way around. Then each was added by the name of Maria. And the third turned out like this: Anastasia is a saint, next to the day of which the girls were born, Anatoly was the name of our family doctor, he helped us back in Ukraine. In his honor, Noah received the third part of her name. When the children grow up, they will be able to choose any. And if they want, they will leave all three. This is their right. Yes, and at home we don’t call them completely, but we say “Mia” and “Noah”.

The secret of the shameful failure of the Ukrainian national team at Euro 2016 in France was revealed by Nadezhda Navrotskaya.

The wife of the captain of the Ukrainian national team Anatoly Tymoshchuk claims that the players before the matches, instead of intensive training, had sex with a prostitute in the hotel. According to Navrotskaya, formally the coaching staff forbade the players to have intimate relationships with women, but they found a way to get around this taboo.

If the team is in a hotel on the eve of the game, then it is undesirable or forbidden for the players to meet with their families so that they are not distracted from the preparation, Nadezhda told the Ukrainian press. - But "you can" put a prostitute in this hotel under a different name, on another floor, and if she is invisible, then the ban on sex is no longer categorical.

Anatoly Tymoshchuk and his wife Nadezhda have two daughters, born in April 2010 in Munich. However, in the summer of 2014, the wife began divorce proceedings with the famous football player who played for Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St. Petersburg and Bayern Munich. In 2013, Tymoshchuk returned to Russia, where he defended the colors of Zenit for two more years. Since last year, he has been playing for Kairat from Alma-Ata. However, Navrotskaya remained to live in Germany.

The reason for the suit for the dissolution of the marriage was his long-term relationship with a Russian citizen, who in parallel, moreover, was in relations with other well-known compatriots, Nadezhda admitted.

The family of Anatoly Tymoshchuk and Nadezhda Navrotskaya, where twin children are raised, has long been considered one of the strongest among the representatives of Ukrainian sports.

The wife, offended by Tymoshchuk, emphasizes that he has many friends from Russian Federation with whom he interacts a lot.

His lawyer used to represent the United Russia party, and now she can get into the State Duma from the Just Russia party, Navrotskaya believes.

At Euro 2016, the Ukrainian team took the last place in the group, moreover, it set an anti-record of the tournament. The team made a record dry streak at the European Championships. Ukraine became the first to score no goals in five consecutive matches at the continental championships. The last goal scored by the opponent of the Ukrainian national team took place at the home Euro 2012 against Sweden (2:1), then Andriy Shevchenko scored. After that, the Ukrainian national team lost to France (0:2) and England (0:1) at the home championship, and now in France it was beaten by Germany (0:2), Northern Ireland (0:2) and Poland (0:1).

In the game against the Poles, the coaches released Anatoly Tymoshchuk in the 91st minute. Thanks to this, he set a new record - 144 matches for the Ukrainian national team.

This is a psychological decision to let me play at the Euro, - Tymoshchuk explained to the indignant journalists and fans, who believed that it was impossible, losing one ball in the score, to release a defender on the field. Nothing would have changed in a minute and a half.

Ukrainian footballer Anatoly Tymoshchuk, who plays today for the St. Petersburg "Zenith", is considered one of the most prominent athletes in Ukraine. The attention of many fans is riveted to his biography and personal life. The latest information about the wife and children with their joint photos always causes a lively public discussion.

Childhood and youth

Anatoly Alexandrovich Timoshchuk was born on March 30, 1979 in the city of Lutsk in Ukraine. With a height of 181 cm, he weighs 73 kg. Tymoshchuk is a professional football player and plays as a defensive midfielder in the Russian club Zenit.

Anatoly Timoshchuk was a midfielder in the Russian club Zenit

In Ukraine, he is considered one of the most successful football players who knows how to brilliantly show a lot of sports qualities during the game:

• technicality;
• strategy and tactics of possession of the ball;
• good interaction with other players;
• creativity.

On the field, he is rightfully considered a leader capable of managing the team's game. To achieve today's success, he was largely helped by training in a sports boarding school. Talented boy, early years who fell ill with football, his parents sent him to a local sports school, which works like a boarding school.

His older sister also studied at this educational institution, but she could not make a successful sports career due to a knee injury received in childhood. The idol of the future Ukrainian football star was the German footballer Lothar Motteus.

Anatoly Timoshchuk photo

Imitating him in everything, Anatoly Tymoshchuk in his childhood dreamed of making a career as a professional football player in some famous German club. It was this idol that made him choose her in youth in favor of the midfielder.

Despite the fact that coaches forced him to take different positions on the field, he honed his sportsmanship precisely as a defensive midfielder.

At the age of 15, exciting prospects open up in the biography of a young football player. He is noticed by the head coach of the Volyn football club in his hometown, and very soon the young and talented athlete begins to play in the first team, despite his young age. The performance of Volyn Lutsk left much to be desired.

The game of Lutsk "Volyn" was not the best until Anatoly moved there

In the year when the young Tymoshchuk joined her, she was able to take only 17th place in the tournament championship table. But this school for a young football player was not in vain. Playing with other teams gave invaluable experience, and the desire to play beautiful football very quickly made Anatoly Volyn's main hope.

Professional football career

Tymoshchuk began to play in the teams of the first league of Ukraine. He was able to make good use of this time, gaining experience, showing his athletic talents to coaches from the top division.

Very soon he was noticed and invited in 1998 to play in Shakhtar Donetsk, which was considered one of the best football teams in the CIS.

In 1998, play for Shakhtar Donetsk

It was here that all the sports talents of the young football player were revealed in full. Shakhtar became his launching pad and helped him make a successful football career.

Very quickly, the Donetsk football club player was included in the Ukrainian national team. In 2001, his team won the Cup of Ukraine and became the Champion of the country, largely thanks to the game of Tymoshchuk himself.

In 2002, the athlete, together with his team, won gold medals for the first time as part of the national football championship. For 9 years of playing in the Donetsk club, Anatoly participated in more than 200 matches, playing in the Ukrainian Premier League.

In 2002, the athlete Tymoshchuk with the team won the first gold

He became the captain of Shakhtar and one of the best players in Ukraine at that time, receiving the title of champion of Ukraine three times and winning the championship of the Ukrainian Cup the same number of times.

In 2006, at the world championship, held in Germany, thanks to him, the national team, in which he was the captain, was able to reach one fourth of the finals. For outstanding sporting achievements and playing at the World Cup, he was awarded the Order of Courage in 2007.

Game in St. Petersburg "Zenith"

In 2007, Tymoshchuk's contract with Shakhtar Donetsk was bought out by the Russian football club Zenit for $20 million. The acquisition of Tymoshchuk strengthened one of the best Russian teams. She became the central figure on the field and determined the team's game strategy.

Very soon he becomes the captain thanks to his innate leadership qualities and the ability to find a common language with all the team players. Tymoshchuk is one of the few players in the post-Soviet space who acted as captain three times in a row.

Game in St. Petersburg "Zenith"

Anatoly successfully led two Ukrainian and one Russian football team:

• Donetsk Shakhtar;
• Ukrainian national football team;
• Petersburg "Zenith".

For two sports seasons, playing in the St. Petersburg football club, he was able to win, together with his team, the title of Champion of Russia and the UEFA Cup, which is considered the second after the World Football Championship Cup. Zenit during that victorious match was able to beat the English club Manchester United.

Childhood dream come true

In 2009, the player was bought by Bayern Munich. A childhood dream becomes a reality and Tymoshchuk begins to play in the Bundesliga.

In 2009, the player was bought by Bayern Munich

He played in this team for four sports seasons, during this time he was able to win the German Football Championship twice and become the owner of the German Cup twice. Also, as part of Bayern, he won one of the most prestigious football trophies - the Champions League Cup.

After that, the career of a football player began to gradually decline. Perhaps, on a subconscious level, he himself already believed that he had achieved everything he wanted in his life. sports career. After 4 years of playing in the Bundesliga, the football player decides to return to Russia and play again at Zenit, where he is considered a leading player.

He won one of the most prestigious football trophies - the Champions League Cup.

He also plays for the Ukrainian national team, in which he was able to play over 120 matches. Today Anatoly works in the coaching staff of Zenit.

Family and personal life

Up to a certain point in Anatoly's personal life, everything was fine. He married Ukrainian Nadezhda Navrotskaya, whom he met in his native Lutsk.

In 2010, the couple had children - two twin girls. His wife lived first with him in Germany, and then moved to St. Petersburg.

Nadezhda Navrotskaya and Anatoly Tymoshchuk with their daughters

The family gave the impression of an ideal couple. Nadezhda did not sit on her husband's neck, but was actively engaged in her own business and raising twins.

However, in 2014, strife began. Nadezhda caught Anatoly in connection with a Russian citizen and filed for divorce. The divorce process took place in Germany, where the footballer's children live with their mother. It lasted almost two years.

After a scandalous divorce in 2016, Navrotskaya repeatedly started a wave of persecution of her ex-husband and one successful Ukrainian football player in the Ukrainian press and the Ukrainian segment of the Internet. To do this, she uses the theme of Ukrainian nationalism.

The couple divorced in 2016

In 2017, Navrotskaya published on her Facebook page a photo in which Tymoshchuk lays flowers at the Piskarevsky cemetery memorial, tying the bouquet with a St. George ribbon. She provided the published photo with a laconic comment: "Sneaky hypocrite."

After that, Anatoly began to persecute in his homeland. Radical deputies of the Rada, including Alexander Marchenko, are in favor of depriving the former football player and captain of the Ukrainian national team of the order he received and other merits to Ukraine, considering him a traitor to the motherland.

The wife of Zenit midfielder Anatoly Timoshchuk gave an exclusive interview to Komsomolskaya Pravda.

- Nadezhda, are you glad that Anatoly moved to Zenit?

Don't know. We just have some changes in our lives. If Zenit becomes the champion, then I will rejoice.

- Where do you live in St. Petersburg?

While at the hotel. But I am actively looking for an apartment.

- What are your first impressions of the northern capital?

Very beautiful city. But I have not yet gone to any museum, to any exhibition. No time. I spend all my energy looking for a place to live. I think in a month I will solve all the problems with the apartment. Then I will begin to study St. Petersburg.

- Does the club help you in search of housing?

Of course. But while agents offer one thing, but in reality it turns out to be something else.

- Did you often go to the stadium in Donetsk? Were you friends with any of the players' wives?

Often. I like to watch the match live more than on TV. In Donetsk, at first I was friends with the wives of football players. But when a lot of foreigners appeared in the team, it became difficult to make friends. 11 languages ​​were spoken at Shakhtar. I speak English, Ukrainian, Russian and Polish. But people came to us who did not even speak English.

- Do you worry a lot about your husband at the stadium?

I'm more worried about the result. For the state the team is in.

- How did you meet Anatoly?

It was in Lutsk. Tolik was 17, and I was 16. Once I was standing at a bus stop, a bus came up, I got into it. My future husband and a friend also ran there. They saw me and started playing. I was in a hurry and did not pay attention to the guys. A friend of Tolik found out where I live through mutual acquaintances. And one day they just knocked on my door and said: "We came to visit." It turned out that Tolik and I had been living in the same yard for many years, but we had never seen each other. I had to let them in. From that day on, our friendship began.

- But you played the wedding only four years later ...

Yes. First, Tolik moved to Donetsk, and I continued to study in Lutsk as an artist. Two years later, I visited him. But we couldn't get married. In the summer, there was not enough time, and in the winter, when the players have a vacation period, fasting begins in Ukraine and it is not customary to get married. After living together for about a year, we thought that it was possible not to get married in a lifetime. And they decided to start signing in 2000. And two years later they were able to get married.

- And how did you become your husband's personal image maker?

I am an artist by education. After graduation, she became an interior designer. And often I advise my husband what to wear, how to present myself. He doesn't have time for such things. I picked out the whole wardrobe for him. Advise what to wear every time he goes out.

- And he listens to you?

Why not? I only advise him, he makes the decision himself.

- How do you and your husband spend your free time?

We are sociable people. But we don't like discos. Loud music, wild screams - this is not for us. We prefer sincere companies in which you can sit quietly and chat. We have a lot of friends. I had no idea that they would take our move so painfully. Some even cried. But I console myself with the fact that we will constantly come to our homeland. Although I have never been to Russia in my life, I do not feel that we have gone somewhere far abroad.

- What language do you speak in your family?

In Ukrainian. I think in Ukrainian. And I can't speak Russian with Anatoly.

- Was it pleasant for you when your husband was seen off by your Shakhtar partners, fans?

How nice it can be when it hurts so much to part with family and friends. I cried a lot in those days. But she did not cry from grief. And because we all change in life. There are moments that will never happen again. I was very sad. We still have friends, relatives, home, business in Donetsk.

- Describe your spouse. What kind of person is he?

Fair. Always tells the truth and never lies. He has a very strong will, he fights until he wins. Sociable, open, appreciates friendship. Doesn't drink, doesn't smoke. Never even tried. There is a lot of romance in Tola, but not always enough ... sentimentality, or something. I have much more. But that's because he's stronger than me.

- Is it true that all Ukrainians love salo?

No. Tolya does not like him and never eats him. He doesn't like fat at all. He doesn’t even eat cutlets, because he knows that there is fat in minced meat.

- Do Ukrainians really dislike Russians?

It is a myth. As for us, we travel a lot. And I like the world the way it is. We have friends Croats and Americans, Russians and Italians, Poles and Czechs. If people who say: "Here they are of such and such a nationality, we do not like them for this." Believe me, this is not a big deal.

- Anatoly's mother, Nadezhda Antonovna, admitted to us that she really wants grandchildren ...

Morally, we were ripe for this six months ago. Now we can give something to our child and raise him to be a good person.

On the eve of Valentine's Day, the life companions of Ukrainian sports stars shared their stories with Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Nadezhda TYMOSHCHUK: "We will definitely quarrel with Tolik in order to maintain feelings!"

February 14 in the Timoshchuk family is a double holiday: in addition to Valentine's Day, the spouses also celebrate Nadia's birthday. On the eve of the birthday girl, she told Komsomolskaya Pravda with pleasure about how they were going to celebrate this date once again, and at the same time remembered the history of their relationship. Moreover, the first meeting of the future spouses was very funny - Nadia and Tolya met in one of the Lutsk minibuses.

LIVED IN NEIGHBORHOUSES

I was 15 years old, and he was 16, we were still at school. I went to visit my dad in the evening - my parents live separately. Tolik was also traveling somewhere with a friend, - says Nadezhda. - A special acquaintance that day did not take place - I was not at all in the mood to communicate. But Tolya's friend recognized me. It turned out that we all live in the same yard in neighboring houses. Therefore, through a mutual friend, they found out the number of my apartment and came to visit.

To find some reason to make an acquaintance, Tymoshchuk invited Nadia to run together ...!

Well, you see, we were still quite children, so Tolya did not find anything more original than joint jogging. In general, then I thought that this was some kind of nonsense, - Nadia laughs.

NO ROMANCE

The further development of their relationship also turned out to be peculiar. Although the couple signed years later, and later got married, Tymoshchuk never offered Nadia a hand and a heart.

There was no beautiful proposal, which girls usually dream of. Everything was very unromantic. After we had been dating for four years, he just started talking about starting to live together. That is, these were discussions at the level of everyday communication, a conversation about current life issues (laughs).

The couple didn’t have a magnificent wedding either - it didn’t work out here because of the peculiarities of the calendar of the Ukrainian championship, in which Tymoshchuk then performed.

In order to get married or sign, the players in the Ukrainian championship have time only in winter. But for this period, a post just falls out, and I would not like to do anything special at this time. So at first we just lived together, and only when we found a free window did we sign. Our parents came to Donetsk, gathered all the guys, it was very simple and modest. And then, two or three years later, we also got married in Lutsk.

"LOVE TRIANGLE"

However, despite the lack of romance, Nadia claims that she does not regret anything:

I did not marry a football player, I married a man whom I knew from the age of 15. Everything formed by itself. I don't even know how it's different, because that's how it was for me.

But now, after 9 years of marriage, Nadia can confidently assert that she and Tolya are in love.

Love is a triangle based on friendship, obligations to each other and passion, Nadia philosophizes. - If one thing is thrown out of here, it will no longer be love. I think about it a lot. It seems to me that our relationship has all three components.

TIMOKHA GOES CRAZY FROM AQUARIUS

By the way, in order to keep the "love triangle" in good shape, Nadia and Tolya for this ... quarrel:

It is considered not quite normal if the family does not quarrel twice a week. It means that the spouses have lost interest in each other, - Nadia laughs. - Here we are not seeing each other now - Tolya is at the training camp, and it is difficult for us to find any reason to quarrel. And this is already bad. Of course, there should not be rude abuse when you hurt a person. But arguing about something is normal and even useful. And now, while Tolik is gone, we try to quarrel over the phone - we maintain balance! Reasons for disputes need to be found - to make life interesting, not boring. We seek our own adventures, so we have fun.

In addition, according to Nadia, the signs of the zodiac also play a significant role in their relationship with Anatoly: Nadezhda, according to the horoscope, is Aquarius, and Tolya is Aries. The result is a very interesting union.

Tolik is stubborn, but, on the other hand, he is always ready to learn, think, analyze. He will be stubborn for some time, but then he will analyze everything and make an informed decision. And Aquarius - they are completely crazy! Everything in its own way to be! I love being an Aquarius. I would like my children to be Aquarians, although Tolik says: "I'll go crazy!" He is joking, of course, but he is really surrounded by Aquarius - his mother is Aquarius, I am Aquarius, at the Shakhtar base he lived in the same room with Lesha Belik - he is also Aquarius!

PIRATE PARTY - THE BEST GIFT

Despite the fact that February 14 is a double holiday for Nadia and Tolya, this event is not celebrated every year.

Due to the football calendar, Tolik is almost always absent - he has a training camp. For example, this year he returns home exactly on the 14th, late in the evening. It is clear that no one will go anywhere to celebrate on this day. The fact that we will meet on February 14 is in itself a great holiday! When Tolik played at Shakhtar, he almost never managed to be at home either for my birthday or for his own.

Despite the rare holidays, Timokha knows how to make luxurious presents. Everyone knows the story when a couple of years ago Tymoshchuk presented on February 14 as a gift to his Nadia an apartment on the 43rd floor of one of the most beautiful skyscrapers in the United Arab Emirates. Nadia also remembered the fun party that Tolya organized for her.

It was the year before last - they celebrated it very nicely: they had a pirate-style party, all of our friends came to congratulate me in carnival costumes.

Olga ALENOVA: "Sasha and I are definitely a couple!"

The union of Dynamo Kyiv goalkeeper Alexander Shovkovsky and his wife, businesswoman Olga Alenova, has always stood out from a number of others - for the ability to appreciate every moment spent with each other, and every joyful moment of life. They were even called "philosophers". Both Olga and Sasha are very extraordinary personalities, but at the same time for eight years now they have managed to be a harmonious couple. And very soon there will be a replenishment in their family - Olga is preparing to become a mother.

On the eve of the holiday of lovers, the wife of the goalkeeper of the Ukrainian national team answered questions from KP.

LOVERS' DAY - EVERY MONTH

This year we will not celebrate Valentine's Day together, - says Olga. - Dynamo will arrive from the training camp late at night, so we will most likely see each other only on February 15th.

- Probably, because of Sasha's schedule, this happens almost every year?
- Unfortunately yes. Due to the fact that in January-February there is always preparation for the season - training camp, on this day we rarely manage to be together. Therefore, every month, when we are around, we celebrate our personal holiday, which we called Happy Love Day. This is a specific date that we keep secret from everyone.

- Despite the fact that you will not see each other on February 14, will you prepare any gifts for each other?
- We always have enough gifts, so there is no need to adjust something for a certain date. Therefore, this is not about gifts, but about the fact that, of course, I would like to be together on this day.

"WOUNDED KNIGHT"

- Do you often remember the history of your acquaintance?
- Of course, we remember - with humor, because no one then knew that everything would turn out like this and change our lives. We met on the Independence Day of Ukraine, August 24, and did not even imagine that this acquaintance would become fateful. We met in the company of mutual friends, it was all a coincidence, which then grew into great love.

- That is, initially it was impossible to say that it was love at first sight?
- At the moment of acquaintance, it was impossible to say so. This feeling came later, it was already an analysis of the situation.

- How did Sasha attract your attention, what "hooked" him?
- Attracted restraint, modesty, endurance. There was no flair in his actions; against the background of all my other acquaintances and friends, he was very different. Well, besides, he was then a "wounded knight" - Sasha had a collarbone in a cast. This, too, was some kind of touch to the portrait, but did not make him miserable.

"THE LIFE OF ATHLETES IS TOO SPECIFIC AND COMPLEX"

- During the time that you and Sasha are together, has he changed a lot?
- Of course, it has changed. I acquired a lot of qualities that are inherent in a self-confident man.

- Is this your merit?
- Maybe. But Sasha can tell about my merits better (laughs).

- Did you have to change somehow under his influence?
- I became more punctual and collected.

- Is it due to the fact that being a footballer's wife is not so easy?
- Quite right. After all, the life of professional athletes cannot be called normal, it is too specific and complex for ordinary understanding. On the one hand, there is certainly glory, but you can be proud of a man despite some career victories.

- How do you think, how is your couple with Alexander different from all the others?
- I can definitely say that we are a couple in the full sense of the word.

Tatyana Ezerskaya: "Vladimir introduced himself to me ... as a hockey player"

Tanya Yezerskaya's acquaintance with her future husband cannot be called other than fate: the Shakhtar defender tried so hard to please the girl that he introduced himself to her twice! And both times - with adventures.

RECOGNIZE BUT NOT RECOGNITION

They first met 7 years ago in Dnepropetrovsk at a disco. Tanya came there with her sister and friends, Volodya - with his company. This is where it all started.

He invited me to dance. To be honest, Vova plays football better than he dances. He walked over my legs like that! Just some horror! Tanya recalls. - True, then he wanted to make amends and treat me with a cocktail, but I refused.

With completely trampled feet, Tatyana returned to the table and joked: they say, then the boyfriend showed up. "Who?" the girl's sister asked. "Yes, this one!" - Tanya turned around to show her new fiancé, and he was already showing all sorts of signs of attention to another girl.

... Six months have passed. And fate brought the couple together again, this time forever. Tatyana and Vladimir accidentally ended up in the same company. Both immediately recognized each other, but did not confess. We met as if for the first time. And it was Friday the 13th.

The impostor was split by the same sister Tanya - a passionate fan of Dnipro. One evening the girls were sitting in front of the TV, watching the match. And suddenly the camera snatched a close-up of Yezersky on the field:

Tanya! Look! Your hockey player is chasing the ball on the field!

The girls first had a shock, then - crazy laughter. Now it was necessary to somehow force Volodya to confess. And Tanya asked him a question on the forehead. Yezersky blushed, became embarrassed, and revealed the secret.

On the eve of our acquaintance, Dnepr lost. I was terribly ashamed. And I didn't dare to tell the truth. He called himself simply an athlete, and when I began to ask in what area, I blurted out the first thing that came to mind, ”recalls Vladimir.

KNEELING IN FRONT OF THE BELOVED

Ezersky made the proposal even more dramatically and spectacularly. It all happened in March on a snowy track. Volodya was driving with Tanya and suddenly stopped the car. He went out, opened the door and fell on his knees in front of his beloved. And so, standing in the snow, he offered her his hand and heart. It was the 13th again. The girl agreed.

I knew that sooner or later I would ask Tanya to become my wife. But how and when this will happen, he had no idea. By that time we had been dating for over a year. I had just been ill with a sore throat, Tanya selflessly looked after me - it shocked me. On that day we were driving from Kyiv to Dnepropetrovsk, I was thinking about it all the way, I was impressed. In the end, he could not stand it and fell into the snow with a confession and an offer, - Volodya Yezersky says, a little embarrassed.

They wanted a modest wedding, but the then team of the "hockey football player" demanded a banquet. I had to celebrate magnificently, although with a rental dress. Since then, 6 years have passed. But until now, if Volodya is at a training camp or away, the spouses talk on the phone for at least 3 hours a day. They share news ... And Tanya also loves to spoil her husband with goodies. He says he just loves homemade food. And most of all, Volodya loves duck with apples and spaghetti.

WAS A BUSINESS

"Volodya, don't!"

Tanya Yezerskaya rarely goes to football. He says he can't - he's very nervous. Especially after the last final for the Cup of Ukraine.

At that time I was at the airport. And there are big screens all around and they show the match, - says the football player's wife. - Suddenly I see my husband rushing after Bangura. Both were removed from the field, both heated - a fight is clearly brewing. I stuck to the screen as if spellbound and came to my senses only when I saw that everyone around was looking at me. It turns out that I was shouting into the monitor: "Volodya, stop! Don't!" Naturally, the other passengers did not understand me.

By the way, then they wrote a lot about the fact that Volodya is a professional boxer. But it's overblown. Yes, he was engaged in boxing, but only a year. Then all the forces were thrown into football.

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