Football crisis, Ukraine and Russia: what is happening in Shakhtar Donetsk Beylikduzu?

The situation in Ukraine is worsening under the weight of Russia’s military advances. A context of war can only have repercussions on football and the national championship. My Republic Teams Luhansk and Donetsk. In particular , Shakhtar De De Zerbee will play his next match in Kharkiva short distance from the Russian border, in the next weekend’s game against the local team Metalist.

Tournament resumes after the break

The Ukrainian championship resumes after the two-month winter break. For now, the tournament is expected to go smoothly, with Shakhtar Donetsk leading the standings, two points behind Dynamo Kiev. The Italian Embassy sent an email to De Zerbi’s staff with some advice on behavior at this precise period. Avoid non-essential travel and stock up on water and food, as none of the Italians on the team have made the decision to leave the country. The team spent their winter training camp in Turkey and will have to return to Ukraine for Saturday’s match against Metalist, in Kharkiv, a city located a few kilometers from the Russian border.

Exile started in 2014

Sure, the Donbass war did not start in recent days, but it has been a constant that has been going on since 2014. Shakhtar were forced to migrate to Lviv for their home matches, with the Donetsk Stadium (Donbass Arena) destroyed in bombing. In recent years, the club moved to Kharkiv as a stadium for matches, a city very close to its origin. Since this season, the players and staff have been living and training in the capital, Kiev (the club’s new home), where Olympinsky has become the new home of the Black Orange. Similar speech to Zorya Luhansk who faced Roma in the Conference League group and plays their home matches in Zaporizhia, in the south of the country.