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I’m with you all!

Guys! Sheva’s interview has been misquoted and that caused all the confusion. The comments were allegedly taken from an interview in a Russian newspaper. Andriy has only given one interview in recent weeks to a Russian sports magazine called ProSport. The excerpts of the interview below:

Prosport: In one word: do you consider that the beginning of your career at Chelsea FC has turned out to be unsuccessful? There are a lot of rumours on the topic right now.

Sheva: I know that more is expected of me. I realise that. And I am capable of bringing something to Chelsea – that I know as well. In actual fact, the season has just started. And it didn’t commence without difficulties – both for me personally and for the team in general.

Largely, this is due to the World Cup, which consumed a huge chunk of our break and took its toll on our condition – both physically and morally. It is not a secret that it is much harder to transcend into the new season after the World Cup. It does not only concern me – I’m referring to everyone.

My injury before the Championship also came at a wrong time – I had to practically prepare myself physically from scratch… But I don’t want to make excuses. Primarily, I do not consider my Chelsea debut to be so bad – despite everything, I scored 4 goals. Besides, people do not need my excuses. Right?

Prosport: Two months and 9 matches have passed between your Middlesbrough goal in August and the Portsmouth goal in October. You must have experienced mixed feelings when confronted with such an immense advertising campaign.

Sheva: I experienced normal feelings. Yes, as a result of my past successes, the stakes are high. My transfer price also played its role. There is a lot still to be done in order to prove myself at Chelsea. But I will do that.

I don’t want to end up making excuses and explaining what happened and why. It is of highest importance for me to understand what is going on. And I do. That is why I am calm.

Prosport: What percentage of the difficulties that you are experiencing do you attribute to the acclimatisation in a new country, in a new club? This is only the second time in your life that you have done this.

Sheva: This is not a big problem. They are very good at welcoming new players at Chelsea. I adapted very easily here – almost instantly.

Prosport: Did you experience any problems relating to the specificity of English Football?

Sheva: I didn’t find that anything was different here. In England they play the same game that they do on the continent.

Prosport: Another rumour around your so-called problems relates to the fact that Lampard and Ballack are apparently more intent on scoring themselves, than passing the ball, which is different to the strategy of your team-mates in Milan.

Sheva: This is true. However, I have no problems with it. Who said that Lampard should play for Shevchenko? Lampard should play for the team! This applies to me as well. Scoring goals is my main prerogative, but not the only one.

Maybe I am excessively elaborating, however, the match against Barcelona – where I didn’t score, yet Chelsea won – made me much happier, than the match against Liverpool, where I scored, but we ended up losing.

Prosport: When you play with Drogba, you often have to settle for a position of second forward. Does this bother you?

Sheva: No. During my last seasons at Milan, I was also playing second forward.

Prosport: How many goals do you intend to score for Chelsea as to not regret your transfer? And what do you hope to win?

Sheva: I never thought about it like this. And I try not to regret anything.

Prosport: Your justifications for the transfer as being in the “interests of the family” did not appear very convincing…or rather – incomplete.

Sheva: Of course there were other motivations. I wanted to try playing for a new team, to change atmosphere. It was also interesting to see what it is like working with Mourinho.

In actual fact, I couldn’t even imagine just how interesting it is until I came to Chelsea. As regards to the family circumstances – I did not exaggerate. Family is very important in my life, especially since it is about to get bigger.

Blue Champion: So guys, sleep peacefully, Sheva is here to stay!

[tags] Shevchenko, Sheva, Chelsea, Milan, Jose Mourinho, Roman Abramovich[/tags]