Ukraine's national veterans team won the Ukrainian Football Legends Cup
Before the match of the 1/8 finals of the Cup of Ukraine-2019/2020 "Dynamo" - "Shakhtar" the national team of Ukraine among veterans and the national team of journalists of Ukraine took part in a charity match for the Cup of Legends of Ukrainian football.
On October 30, a charity match for the Cup of Ukrainian Football Legends between the national team of Ukraine among veterans and the national team of journalists of Ukraine took place at the Temp Stadium in Kyiv. Immigrant children from eastern Ukraine, military and anti-terrorist operation veterans came to support the teams.
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The organizers of the match were: the Ukrainian Football Association, Agribusiness LLC, the Association of Football Veterans of Ukraine, UPL and the News Center news agency.
In the first half, it seemed that the forces were equal, but the situation changed in the 32nd minute. The unsuccessful exit of the goalkeeper of journalists led to the fact that the ball was in the near corner of his goal, - said Andriy Khomyn.
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During the break, the first vice-president of the Ukrainian Football Association Vadym Kostyuchenko presented the displaced children with footballs, equipment and congratulations from the President of the UAF, UEFA Executive Committee member Andriy Pavelko, as well as invitations to matches of the national team of Ukraine.
The second half started with a quick goal scored by Serhiy Shishchenko. And in 10 minutes Serhiy Nagornyak excelled. 3: 0.
Thus, the veterans of the national team played in 2016, when a friendly match between these teams at the stadium "Locomotive" ended with a score of 3: 2 in favor of journalists.
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"I congratulate the players of the national team among veterans with the victory. Remember that we play primarily for our little fans, they are our main spectators. Today the goal of the match was achieved, and the main victory went to our children, "Vadym Kostyuchenko said after the game.
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The national team of Ukraine among veterans - the national team of journalists of Ukraine - 3: 0
Ukrainian national team among veterans: Vladislav Vashchuk, Serhiy Nagornyak, Oleh Sobutsky, Eduard Tsikhmeistruk, Vitaliy Reva, Hennadiy Medvedev, Sviatoslav Syrota, Bohdan Shershun, Yuriy Maksymov, Serhiy Shyshchenko, Vyacheslav Svidersky, Andriy Khomyn, Viktor Ulyanytsky, Oleksandr Venen Vitaly Samoilov, Vitaly Mandzyuk, Mykola Ishchenko.
Coaches: Anatoliy Demyanenko, Volodymyr Lozynsky. Team President: Oleg Sobutsky.
Ukrainian Journalists' Team: Igor Tsyganik, Ivan Uzunov, Sergey Sytnik, Vadim Drobashko, Yaroslav Tvardovsky, Vladimir Shemulanskiy, Dmitry Denkov, Alexey Machusky, Vladislav Kabaniuk, Timur Samosudov, Dmitry Sarkis, Alexander Gaponenko, Bogdan Mashai.
Team President and Coach: Olga Vitak.
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