Introducing... Away From Home
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The Athletic has a brand new documentary series following Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk. Here is an introduction to the series
In this episode, The Athletic’s Adam Crafton speaks to Taras Stepanenko, the captain of Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk, as he and his young family take refuge in an underground shelter when war breaks out in Ukraine.
Adam also meets with Shakhtar's Croatian head coach, Igor Jovicevic, who was separated from his family when Russia invaded.
Meanwhile, as the team prepares for their first match in Europe’s elite competition, the Champions League, we hear from Shakhtar midfielder Ivan Petryak, who lost a family member to the war with Russia. With all the odds against Shakhtar, can the Ukrainian club pull off a shock victory against the German club Red Bull Leipzig?
Credits
Presenter: Adam Crafton
Producers: Adam Crafton, Abi Paterson, Mike Stavrou
Sound mixing: Ollie Bellwood
Featuring footage from: The Daily, AP, ABC News, Sport BILD, DW News, Al Jazeera, and BT Sport
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's the Athletics, Adam Crafton here. I'm just dropping by to let you know about our new podcast series, Away From Home. |
| 0:08.4 | We've been following Ukrainian football team Shaktar Donetsk throughout their Champions League journey. |
| 0:14.2 | What you're about to hear is episode one. You can hear the whole series by searching for away from home wherever you're hearing this. |
| 0:23.3 | But for now, here is episode one. |
| 0:27.5 | The Athletic. |
| 0:30.5 | Just to let you know before we get started, the following contains explicit language from the off, |
| 0:35.1 | and some content listeners may find upsetting. |
| 0:44.5 | Can you hear me okay? |
| 0:47.5 | Yes, yes, of course. |
| 0:48.3 | You can ask a question. |
| 0:50.0 | I try to answer. |
| 0:51.3 | Sure. |
| 0:51.7 | So I suppose to just to begin, can you explain the past couple of days how you are and also |
| 1:00.2 | if your family is okay, first of all? |
| 1:03.9 | Yes. |
| 1:05.2 | In the morning of 24th of February, we walked up after the sounds of bombs. |
| 1:21.8 | And went to basement. |
| 1:26.4 | This is the captain of Ukrainian football club Shaktadonetsk. |
| 1:30.9 | His name is Tara Stepanenko, and he's one of the most famous footballers in his country. |
| 1:36.7 | He was born before the collapse of the Soviet Union. |
| 1:39.5 | He played over 70 times for Ukraine, and he's been with his club since 2010. |
| 1:45.9 | I called him as war broke out to learn what was happening firsthand. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Athletic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Athletic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.