Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Ukraine team, who have returned to the pitch for the first time since the invasion of Russia, met in Germany, in a friendly match aimed at raising money for the country led by Volodimir Zelenski.
Everything in the Borussia Park stadium was a shout out against war and in favor of peace. Before the match started, the two teams posed with a large banner saying ‘No to war’. This is the same message as the one read across the central circle, with the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag.
Ukrainian players go to the pitch wearing a special white shirt with their country’s territory drawn on the chest and various city names and messages.
The pennants in the corners are the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian standard and on the billboards are all messages against the war: peace, freedom, respect, tolerance, diversity, equality.
World Cup repechage rehearsal
Six months after their last match, the Ukrainian team played again. This is the first since the offensive against Russia began and was also taken advantage of by Oleksandr Petrakov’s team in preparation for the play-off that is still pending against Scotland, set for June 1. If he wins, he will play the final match against in Wales to get the ticket for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Although the less important thing in this case was the result, Ukraine got the win (2-1). Shakhtar striker Mykhailo Mudryk opened the scoring after nine minutes from a pass by Dinamo kyiv midfielder Sergiy Sydorchuk.
Borussia tied Conor Noss after a quarter of an hour but in the final period, Dnipro midfielder Oleksandr Pikhalyonok gave Ukraine the win.
Source: La Verdad
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