The veterans team spent three days in three corners of Ukraine

Summer time is the most active in the performances of the national team of Ukraine among veterans. While in professional football in the off-season, domestic football legends travel the country, bringing joy to thousands of fans.

So it was last weekend, during which the team played three games at once. They have traditionally been dedicated to supporting the military in the east of the country. But this time there was another occasion - a holiday, the Constitution Day of Ukraine.

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The initiators and organizers of the matches of the national team of legends are the Ukrainian Football Association, the Association of Football Veterans of Ukraine and the company "Agribusiness". With their support, all matches are held at the highest level, football stars, as if at a young age, go to the field to the applause of spectators and show their skills. The coaches of the team Anatoliy Demyanenko and Volodymyr Lozynsky invited the following performers to the reporting matches: Serhiy Nagornyak, Oleg Sobutsky, Eduard Tsikhmeistruk, Yuriy Maksymov, Mykola Ishchenko, Andriy Khomyn, Oleg Shelayev, Vitaliy Mandzyuk, Viktor Ulyanytsky, Vyacheslav Syacheslav , Andriy Oksymets, Oleksandr Venglynsky, Sviatoslav Syrota, Vitaliy Samoilov, Serhiy Fedorov and Volodymyr Bondarenko.

June 28, Berdychiv

The team of the city of Berdychiv - the national team of Ukraine among veterans - 0: 2

The city stadium barely accommodated everyone who wanted to watch the match between the best players of the city and the national team of Ukraine. And these are not good words - the epicenter of Berdychiv's life that day was the stadium, where passions raged from the first to the last minute of the match.

"For years and decades, football has united players and fans, regardless of age and political preferences, skin color and religion," said Berdychiv Mayor Vasyl Mazur. - Today the fans had a great opportunity in our city to meet many legends of national football at once, to remember their winning goals as part of the national team of Ukraine. Football in Berdychiv is extremely popular, we have been waiting for this match for a long time. It turned out well that we realized our old dream on the City Day, giving the audience a wonderful holiday. "

Before the game, the winners of the local football tournament were marked, and after that all attention was focused on the football field, where local veterans were not inferior to famous rivals. Everything was decided by two goals from Vyacheslav Svidersky and Volodymyr Bondarenko, scored in each half. For a great victory, the captain of the blue and yellows Eduard Tsikhmeistruk received an honorary cup, and forward Serhiy Nagornyak was recognized as the best player of the match.

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June 29, Karlovka

FC Vorskla - national team of Ukraine among veterans - 1: 5

The central stadium is the decoration of Karlivka, a few years ago "Stal", "Poltava" played here, and now the FC of the same name plays in the championship of Poltava region. This time, a cozy arena in the city center with a beautiful field and covered stands hosted Vorskla veterans with Ivan Shari, Igor Kislov, Gennady Medvedev and other famous players in the team.

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The nominal hosts had no overflow on the field, but the team is able to keep the blow. The national team of Ukraine played beautifully and effortlessly, attacked a lot and with its skill broke the applause of the audience. Striker Oleh Sobutskyi scored twice, and Vitaliy Mandzyuk, Eduard Tsikhmeistruk and Oleh Shelayev once again. The goal of prestige for Vorskla was scored by Gennady Medvedev. But in such a game, when friends and former partners meet, there can be no losers. "For me, Poltava region is my home, here in Kremenchug, I started my coaching career, later I headed Vorskla for some time. Great football region, I wish him only victories. Now Vitaliy Kosovsky is at the helm of the team, we all wish him success and return to the number of the best teams in the country, "said well-known coach Volodymyr Lozynsky.

June 30, Vyshgorod

The national team of Vyshhorod is the national team of Ukraine among veterans - 1: 5

Football infrastructure in Ukraine is being developed, modern fields and stadiums are becoming more and more. In Vyshhorod, the national team of Ukraine took part in the opening of a new artificial field at the Energetik Stadium. First, a football festival was held for more than two hundred young players from the Chaika school, followed by a match with the city's veterans.

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“The sports facility has been renovated in accordance with the highest standards, the field is equipped with an artificial coating of European production, which has a long service life. I hope that this is just the beginning, and soon we will gather for the opening of the second part of this project - I mean a large-scale reconstruction of the sports stadium "Energetic". As a result, the city will receive communal ownership of a gym, gym, martial arts hall, boxing, table tennis, basketball court. City football club "Chaika" will have stands for spectators for several thousand seats (some of them will be covered, some - in the open air), as well as modern locker rooms with showers. Reconstruction of the stadium is just the beginning of the development of the sports industry in the city. Vyshhorod has a strong potential and should rightfully become an exemplary sports city of Ukraine, "said Yaroslav Moskalenko, head of the Kyiv Regional Football Federation.

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Before the match, all young players were presented with soccer balls, on which they gladly took autographs from football legends. The football match itself became a good school of skill. Former football player Anatoliy Kitsuta, who now works as a children's coach, stood out among the hosts. But his efforts in confronting the best players of Ukraine in recent years were not enough. In a real master class, the team scored five goals: Oleg Sobutsky and Andriy Khomyn - two each, another was scored by Mykola Ishchenko, and the hosts scored Valery Sydorchuk.

The weekend for the veterans' team was so busy. This wonderful team played three matches in three different regions of Ukraine. "I am very grateful to all the players, coaches Anatoliy Demyanenko and Volodymyr Lozynsky for their love of football and desire to travel around the country in their free time, on weekends, and meet with fans," said Oleh Sobutsky, UAF Vice President and AVFU President. - Everyone knows that our tour is dedicated to supporting the military in eastern Ukraine, we play for our guys who are defending their homeland today with weapons in their hands. After each of the matches, we invite the army to enter the field and hand them football souvenirs. Thus, with the help of football and authority and love for our best players, we try to unite Ukrainians, unite everyone around the main task today. We hold several matches every week, our calendar is painted a month in advance. Now we are preparing to go directly to the environmental protection zone, where fans from cities close to the demarcation line are waiting for us. And on July 14 at the Arena Lviv we will hold a match with veterans of the Carpathians, dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Ukrainian and Lviv football. As for the foreign tour, on Independence Day we will go to Canada, where we will hold exhibition matches at the invitation of a large and very close-knit Ukrainian diaspora. "

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