ウクライナ共和国 サッカー team 実行するing its 義務 in World Cup 使節団
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - ウクライナ共和国´s サッカー players feel a 義務 to 代表する their nation´s 身元 on a 全世界の 行う／開催する／段階 and give pride to people 支援する home during Russia´s war on their 母国.
使節団 実行するd so far.
With ウクライナ共和国 now just one 勝利，勝つ away from a 意気込み／士気-上げるing 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in the World Cup 決勝戦, its players have been encouraged by messages from Ukrainians fighting the war 支援する home.
The messages - from people 直面するing daily 危険s to defend ウクライナ共和国 - 解除するd the team before and after an inspirational first 勝利，勝つ in the World Cup qualifying プレーオフs on Wednesday.
"They text before the game," ウクライナ共和国 midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi said in the afterglow of ウクライナ共和国 （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Scotland 3-1 in Glasgow. "Guys, we are with you, do your 職業 on the pitch, we do our 職業 to 保護する our country.´"
The hugely impressive ウクライナ共和国 team moved on Thursday to むちの跡s where victory would 安全な・保証する its place at the World Cup 決勝戦 in Qatar starting in November.
The Ukrainian team celebrate at the final whistle of the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off サッカー match between Scotland and ウクライナ共和国 at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (Malcolm Mackenzie/PA 経由で AP)
大統領 Volodymyr Zelenskyy 地位，任命するd thanks to the team on social マスコミ for "two hours of happiness."
The team´s 業績／成果 and まとまり with people at home （機の）カム "from our soul, from our heart," said midfielder Taras Stepanenko, who has spent the past eight years playing for a Shakhtar Donetsk club 追放するd from its home city by ロシアの-支援するd 衝突.
"I have maybe 100 messages from my friends, from my family, from our army who serve now in a very difficult 状況／情勢," Stepanenko said after the game.
Stepanenko 定評のある he "手配中の，お尋ね者 to cry" during the ウクライナ共和国 国家 played minutes before kickoff.
He laughed while explaining one 地位，任命する-match message sent by a friend. A 兵士 駅／配置するd on the 国境 joked that Scotland´s goal which barely crossed the goal-line had not really 違反d ウクライナ共和国´s 領土.
"My very good friend, now he´s in a very difficult point of fighting every day. He said this ball didn´t cross," Stepanenko said.
The story seemed to 確認する the players´ 確信して 予測s that anyone who could follow the サッカー game at home would try to do so. 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s in Kyiv stayed open behind locked doors through a 外出禁止令 and during 空気／公表する-（警察の）手入れ，急襲 警報s.
"We did everything for the people we played for," coach Oleksandr Petrakov said at the stadium, "for the 武装した 軍隊s in the ざん壕s and in the hospitals, who give their last 減少（する） of 血, (for) those in ウクライナ共和国 who 苦しむ every day."
"They will thank us and we will give them our 感謝," said Petrakov.
"Women and children (are) 存在 killed by the ロシアのs on a daily basis," said the coach, whose team has put ウクライナ共和国, and its famous blue-and-yellow colors, on a globally bro adcast 行う／開催する／段階.
Petrakov´s 目的 chimed with those who （機の）カム to Glasgow to 株 the moment の中で 3,000 ウクライナ共和国 fans in a 近づく-50,000 （人が）群がる at Hampden Park.
"The more ウクライナ共和国 you see on TV and news everywhere it´s better for us," said Yaroslav Grygorenko, who lives in Amsterdam with his wife and their three children. "It´s more important than usual to be there (at the World Cup)."
ウクライナ共和国´s 追求（する），探索（する） to qualify for the 決勝戦 tournament - where its first game would be against the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs on Nov. 21 - continues in Cardiff on Sunday.
Victory over むちの跡s would give ウクライナ共和国 five months to 準備する for a tournament, with Iran and England also in Group B with the U.S.
Malinovskyi 定評のある the value of サッカー keeping ウクライナ共和国 in the news as the horrors of war 徐々に become 標準的にする／正常にするd to the world.
"It´s already three months and some people are already tired from this. We all understand this," he said.
At age 29, and years after leaving Shakhtar and ウクライナ共和国, Malinovskyi spoke of a 未来 その上の away from ロシアの 影響（力） for the country where his parents and brother still live.
"I live in Europe for six years, we need to go for this mentality. I live in Belgium 3 ? years and Italy now for three years," the Atalanta player said. "We need to go for this because the level of life is higher."
First, the ウクライナ共和国 team is doing its 義務 this week to raise the level of 意気込み／士気 at home.
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ウクライナ共和国's Taras Stepanenko, 中心 最高の，を越す, duels for the ball with Scotland's John McGinn during the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off サッカー match between Scotland and ウクライナ共和国 at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
ウクライナ共和国 coach Olexandr Petrakov gives 指示／教授／教育s to his players during the warm up before the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off サッカー match between Scotland and ウクライナ共和国 at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Ukrainian fans support their team before the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off サッカー match between Scotland and ウクライナ共和国 at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
ウクライナ共和国's Roman Yaremchuk, 最高の，を越す left, 得点する／非難する／２０s their 味方する's second goal during the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off サッカー match between Scotland and ウクライナ共和国 at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (Malcolm Mackenzie/PA 経由で AP)
ウクライナ共和国's Roman Yaremchuk celebrates after 得点する／非難する／２０ing his 味方する's second goal during the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off サッカー match between Scotland and ウクライナ共和国 at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
ウクライナ共和国's Ruslan Malinovskyi, 権利, duels for the ball with Scotland's Andrew Robertson, left, during the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off サッカー match between Scotland and ウクライナ共和国 at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Scotland's John McGinn, 最高の，を越す, duels for the ball with ウクライナ共和国's Taras Stepanenko during the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off サッカー match between Scotland and ウクライナ共和国 at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
ウクライナ共和国 coach Olexandr Petrakov, left, shakes 手渡すs with ウクライナ共和国's Andriy Yarmolenko during the World Cup 2022 qualifying play-off サッカー match between Scotland and ウクライナ共和国 at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
