Ukraine, Fonseca’s story: “The bombs, the panic and then the long flight without food. A nightmare”

Paulo Fonseca, former Roma coach, returned to Portugal with his family. Rescued. Away from Kiev, from the nightmare of war in which he had been accidentally trapped for a few, dramatic days. Here is the story of him on his return home. “It was 4 in the morning and we heard the bombs falling in Kiev – he said -. It was the most difficult moment, we panicked, we took our bags, we went out into the street, we tried to leave Kiev in that moment, but there was too much traffic on the main road. From there, we went to the hotel of the president of Shakhtar Donetsk. We felt very scared by the bombs falling near us. We had no doubt that the war had begun. ”

The escape

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The former Roma coach then continues talking about the return trip: “It was difficult and very long, almost non-stop practically, always with the feeling of danger. This was the worst part. There were queues everywhere, there wasn’t any. they were neither food nor petrol in the service areas. ” Finally, a thought on the Ukrainian population left to defend their country. “I have no words to describe it. They are suffering a lot and fighting hard to defend their homeland. The president (Volodymyr Zelensky, ed.) Is the first. There was a huge list of people who wanted to enter Ukraine to help the army. It will be. difficult for these people, but I think they have already won this war. “