While Wales celebrates a first qualification for the World Cup in 64 years, Ukraine's players and fans are left to lament after an own goal ends their hopes.
The agonising moment in a tight game came in the 34th minute when Andriy Yarmolenko inadvertently headed the ball into his own net while trying to clear Wales captain Gareth Bale's free kick.
"We did everything that we could," coach Oleksandr Petrakov said through a translator. "I really want the people of Ukraine to remember our team's efforts."Petrakov's priority, once the World Cup dream had been extinguished, was ensuring the suffering at home is not forgotten by the world."We have children and women dying on a daily basis. Our infrastructure is being ruined by Russian barbarians.
The war and missile strikes earlier on Sunday in Ukraine's capital put an obvious dampener on any party mood for the match.
When the giant screens in the bar lost the signal in the second half, patrons gathered around mobile phones to follow the action. Some joked that Russian hackers must have knocked out the transmission.
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