Ukraine: football restarts, despite the war
After a short ceremony and 1 ‘of silence for the victims of the war with Russia, the match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist, the teams of Donetsk and Kharkiv, opened the Ukrainian league. The match, played on the ground of the Olympic stadium in Kiev and closed to the public for safety reasons, he ended up 0-0. More matches are scheduled today in the western and safer part of the country, although not completely protected from possible attacks by the Russian army.
Each stadium where the game is played was equipped with sirens and air-raid shelters in the immediate vicinity, with the help of Ukrainian army mobile anti-aircraft gun protectors. The referees have been instructed to handle any interruptions.
Some matches have already been postponed to a later date for organizational reasons: these are Minaj-Leopoli, Dnipro-Oleksandriya and Inhulets-Dinamo Kiev, all valid for the first day. Mariupol and Desna, whose territories have been massacred, do not take part in the championship. There Premjer-liha (this is the name of the Ukrainian top league) had been interrupted in February, following the outbreak of the war conflict.
Meanwhile the Dynamo Kiev trained by Mircea Lucescu (ex Brescia, Reggina and Inter) failed to access the group stage of the Champions League, after the 3-0 suffered in the playoffs against Benfica (in the photo).
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