Shakhtar will enter the match against Olympiacos in T-shirts with the names of Ukrainian cities instead of surnames

The Pitmen will play a charity game against the Greek club.

On Saturday, April 9, Shakhtar will meet at Olympiakos in Athens as part of a charity tour, whose goal is to raise funds in support of Ukraine during the war with Russia.

According to the press service of the Donetsk club, the Pitmen will wear special T-shirts for the match against the Greek club, where instead of the names of the players will be printed the names of the Ukrainian hero city affected by the Russian occupiers – Mariupol, Irpen, Bucha, Gostomel, Kharkiv, Volnovakha, Chernihiv, Kherson, Akhtyrka and Nikolaev.

🇺🇦 For a favorable match against Olimpiakos, Shakhtar’s graves can be seen on T-shirts with the names of 10 local heroes, as they arrange the most important support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mariupol Irpin 💙 Bucha 💛 Gostomel Kharkiv 💛 Volnovakha 💙 Chernigiv 💛 Kherson Okhtirka 💛 Mykolaiv pic.twitter.com/bK118GpWOs

– ⚒FC SHAKHTAR DONETSK (@FCShakhtar) April 9, 2022

Also on the eve of the match, Shakhtar head coach Roberto De Zerbi decided on the composition of his team.

Miner: Trubin, Hemp, Bondar, Boulez, Matvienko, Stepanenko, Bondarenko, Topalov, Mishnev, Mudrik, Boryachuk.

extra: Shevchenko, Puzankov, Hoopoe, Drambaev, Kapinus, Stasyuk, Farina, Shostak, Czech, Kryskiv.

🇺🇦⚒ Shakhtar warehouse for a favorable match against Olympiakos.

🔴 Watch the live broadcast of ticking in between #Shakhtar World Tour for Peace in #Ukraine: https://t.co/i5VDL8pkCd.

Any money earned in the fight will be used to help Ukraine.#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/12xS5jfI71

– ⚒FC SHAKHTAR DONETSK (@FCShakhtar) April 9, 2022

The match between Shakhtar and Olympiacos will start at 20:00 Kyiv time.

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