Countless gestures of support for Ukrainian sports have flooded the sports fields around the world.
German, English, Italian, Spanish and other footballers have made it clear that they oppose Russian aggression and will try on their way to help their brothers in Ukrainian sports.
In practice, however, while Russian sports pay in cash for invading neighbors, there is no one who can help sports in Ukraine continue to operate without causing real damage.
In Israel, we followed Manor Solomon's escape to the Polish border and from there back to Israel, at the end of a stressful journey of nearly two days.
But Shekhtar Donetsk's midfielder was not the only one leaving his team behind.
Solomon Manor.
He at least managed to get out of Ukraine,
Many foreign athletes have already left or are trying to leave the territory of Ukraine, back into the arms of their frightened family.
For example, Ranhal Nunez Gonzalez, the Brazilian footballer of Verskala Poltava.
Gonsalev spent 60 hours behind the wheel, he said, trying to reach the border with Poland, until he got stuck in a huge traffic jam.
He left his car on the side of the road, put on what he could, and walked many miles to reach the rescue destination.
In contrast, Morris Creek, an American basketball player from the Mykolaev team, tweeted: "I can not get out of here, I'm terrified."
The 31-year-old Crick, who played for Maccabi Hod Hasharon in 2019, told the News 7 news site: "My mother cries every day, my father is worried and my brothers keep calling."
The frightened Creek continued: "I just got out of a shelter. It's scary. I'm part of a war I have nothing to do with. It's scary. These are terrible times."
Crick tried unsuccessfully to escape from Ukraine and was left without money because his salary was not paid.
His friend Jerome Randall explains: "These teams are actually holding us captive. For them, either we will stay or they will not let us play elsewhere. It is not fair that they do this to us."
And while foreigners only want to flee Ukraine and leave behind broken teams, Ukrainian athletes, like some of the basketball team players, do not know when they will be able to return to their attacked homeland.
Control of a Premier League game.
External gestures will not save Ukrainian sports, Photo: Reuters
And not just basketball players.
Even Manchester City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko, who has stated that he wants to enlist in the Ukrainian army and fight the Russians, meanwhile remains in England and does not find his way to Ukraine.
Those who flee Ukraine will flee, those who return will return to it, this damn war is meanwhile dismantling Ukrainian sports, which will need a long time of rehabilitation after the end of the campaign.
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