{"id":1004262,"date":"2022-02-25T19:10:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T19:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/25\/european-clubs-players-and-fans-show-support\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T19:10:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T19:10:19","slug":"european-clubs-players-and-fans-show-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/25\/european-clubs-players-and-fans-show-support\/","title":{"rendered":"European clubs, players and fans show support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"390\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/123410254_ukraine-696x390.jpg\"   alt=\"Dinamo Zagreb supporters showed their support for Ukraine\" title=\"Dinamo Zagreb supporters showed their support for Ukraine\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dinamo Zagreb supporters showed their support for Ukraine<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Ukraine came under attack from Russia on Thursday, football continued across the continent with clubs, players and fans showing their support for the Eastern European country.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine international, Ruslan Malinovskyi, scored twice in Atalanta\u2019s 3-0 win at Olympiakos and revealed a T-shirt with the message \u201cNo War in Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Zenit St Petersburg were the only Russian club playing on Thursday, against Real Betis in Seville, and home supporters held up a Ukrainian flag inside the stadium.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/_123410183_betis.jpg\" alt=\"Betis fans\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Zenit suffered a 3-2 defeat on aggregate after having an injury-time goal disallowed by VAR, which would have taken the tie to extra time. Meanwhile, the Russian side had defender Yaroslav Rakitskiy, capped 54 times by Ukraine, on the bench.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Manchester City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko was not in action but he joined a vigil in the centre of Manchester to show his support for his country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/_123410939_zinchenko2.jpg\" alt=\"Oleksandr Zinchenko at a vigil in Manchester\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><em>The caption reads \u2018Thank you for your support @Zinchenko_96\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before their Europa League\u00a0meeting at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium,\u00a0Barcelona and Napoli players stood together behind a large banner which read \u201cStop War\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/_123410178_barca.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona and Napoli players\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Barcelona went through 5-3 on aggregate after a show of solidarity from both teams<\/p>\n<p>Fans of Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb held a banner which read \u201cSupport to the people of Ukraine\u201d in their 1-0 home win over Sevilla.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/_123409662_dinamo.jpg\" alt=\"Dinamo Zagreb\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Fans of Norwegian club Bodo\/Glimt held up pictures of the Ukraine flag in their match against Celtic to show their solidarity with those who have been affected.<\/p>\n<p>Slavia Prague players wore Ukraine T-shirts before their meeting with Turkish club Fenerbahce in the Europa Conference League, with the tops bearing the message \u201cWe Stand with Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/_123410250_slavia.jpg\" alt=\"Slavia Prague\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Slavia also made Ukraine international defender Taras Kacharaba captain for the evening.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"bbjPUXlWL8M\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One-on-One With Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin -  Adom TV (24-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bbjPUXlWL8M?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dinamo Zagreb supporters showed their support for Ukraine As Ukraine came under attack from Russia on Thursday, football continued across the continent with clubs, players and fans showing their support for the Eastern European country. 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