Players in Ukraine's Premier League may be forced underground if air-raid sirens sound during play. 😔
The Ukrainian flag Oleksandr Zinchenko used to wipe away tears has inspiredFollowing the win, Zinchenko paraded around the field with the trophy while draped in the yellow-and-blue colours of his homeland.
"At some point, especially in the beginning, I didn't think too much about football because it is impossible to live with what is happening in my country. But with all the support which I had during this period, we did it." These images included the cramped basement where all pregnant women and new mothers were evacuated to during the first day of the Russian invasion.
Fans also revealed banners reading "We stand with Ukraine" while John Lennon's "Imagine" was played prior to kick-off. "But yesterday was a totally different story. I had to carry all this inside of me and her story. Their story. I encouraged myself and I was happy when I did some great shots. And I wanted to win because this is competition, but in the same time I felt it's not fair. I had to see things beyond a tennis match. And I wanna say we should never forget that before anything else we are humans, we should care about each other and be kind to one another.
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