Catalan footballer fleeing Ukraine: 'It was two days but felt like a full week'
Marc Gual plays for Dnipro and fled the country on a 27-hour journey after sheltering in a bunker when first bombings hit
Being woken up by bombs, rushing to a bunker, and then beginning a 27-road journey to the border with Romania is the short version of probably the most chaotic couple of days in the life of Catalan footballer Marc Gual.
Gual plays for the Ukrainian team SC Dnipro-1 and was forced to flee the country after the beginning of the Russian invasion last week.
Speaking with Catalan News already home in Badalona, he says that "it was two days but felt like a full week."
The mayor of the city welcomed him in the town hall upon his arrival.
Gual explained that after being woken up by two bombs, the group went to his club's training ground, which has an underground bunker.
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