- They respected his father as a specialist and a very good person. It’s strange, but Viktor never took a hammer! – recalled Kolotov’s wife Olena. – Did you see how long his fingers are? I’m sure he could become a great musician. He was the best in whatever he did. I don’t remember him losing.
He got captain’s armband out of the blue. Anyway he didn’t yell at teammates and didn’t try to look like their mentor. Being a skipper was another reason for Kolotov to stay example to follow.
Valeriy Lobanovskyi considered Viktor Kolotov to be really versatile!
- He did everything so correctly that he became supporters’ minion at once. He passed the ball and then rushed forward. Opponents pushed him, but he was unstoppable and always aimed for goal. There were legends about his diligence.
After the game against PSV Eindhoven in Kyiv, when even I and Oleh Bazylevych were exhausted, Kolotov came out of the showers and asked: “Have they scored?”
* extracts from Valeriy Lobanovskyi’s book “Endless match” used
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