'Heart-rending' Alex Scott reacts to co-star Gary Lineker's rare tearful on-air moment

express.co.uk:

Gary Lineker, 61, didn't shy away from showing his emotions on-air as he wiped away tears during his powerful conversation with Ukrainian Manchester City star Oleksandr Zinchenko.

Alex Scott, 37, has taken to Twitter to comment on the "emotional" interview that will air on Football Focus today.Gary posted a tweet yesterday addressing the pair's poignant chat amid Russia's war with Zinchenko's home country, in view of his 8.3 million followers.He wrote: "Just spoke to Oleksandr Zinchenko for @BBCNews @BBCSport."The most emotional and heart-rending interview I've ever done."Alex responded to Gary as she reposted his tweet, along with the message: "Just watched the full interview which we will play on #footballfocus from 12pm BBC1."As Gary said, emotional and heart-rending, please tune in and watch if you can."Many social media users took to the comments to talk about the heart-wrenching interview.DavyRob07 said: "Saw the interview with Shevchenko when he said 'I can't even think about football right now'."Stevedurbidge_O added: "Moving."Vladimir Putin's decision to invade the country has left Ukraine utterly devastated over the past week.A number of Ukrainian Premier League footballers have been left visibly distraught before recent games.Oleksandr spoke out on the disgraceful scenes in his homeland to Gary, as he urged Russia to stop their invasion.He said to Gary: "I'm just crying.

I promise you, I'm just crying."It's already a week, like I'm not counting, but even, I can drive the car from the training ground, or it doesn't matter where, I can just cry from nothing, because it's everything in my head. (sic)"Imagine the place where you were born, where you were growing up, and there is just empty ground."He admitted.