Oleksandr Zinchenko has been handed the captain’s armband for Manchester City’s FA Cup trip to Peterborough United in a powerful show of support to the Ukrainian.
The left-back started the match, his first game for the club since his country was invaded by Russia last Thursday, an action that has prompted a wave of support for Ukraine and its people.
The most powerful sporting example of that came at City’s trip to Everton on Saturday evening when the two sides displayed the Ukrainian flag and Zinchenko embraced countryman Vitaliy Mykolenko before kick-off.
