World Soccer

The fight goes on

In the last championship of the Ukrainian Premier League, held in the conditions of full-scale aggression of Russia, the question was not so much about football but about human survival.

In the new season, economic priorities will take over for Ukrainian clubs, although FIFA has not helped in this regard with the governing body allowing players and coaches to suspend their contracts shortly after the invasion in 2022. Many foreign players took up this option, leaving their clubs on

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