{"id":1061289,"date":"2022-04-17T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/17\/dream-come-true-12-year-old-refugee-in-poland-scores-goal-for-favourite-ukraine-team\/"},"modified":"2022-04-17T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T14:02:00","slug":"dream-come-true-12-year-old-refugee-in-poland-scores-goal-for-favourite-ukraine-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/17\/dream-come-true-12-year-old-refugee-in-poland-scores-goal-for-favourite-ukraine-team\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dream come true\u2019: 12-year-old refugee in Poland scores goal for favourite Ukraine team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">On Thursday evening, the 12-year-old Dmytro Keda had a spontaneous moment of joy after he scored a goal for his favourite football club, Shakhtar Donetsk, during a charity match in Poland.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Keda had to flee his home in Ukraine\u2019s Mariupol after the city came under attack from the invading Russian forces.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">A\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">video of the heart-warming moment shows Keda wearing a shirt that said \u201cMariupol\u201d as other members of the Shakhtar Donetsk wore T-shirts with names of other Ukrainian cities. The jerseys of both teams also had the message \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">o war\u201d written over them.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">In the video, after\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Keda score<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">a goal he is held up by his teammates am<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">id<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0much cheering from the crowd.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dreams come true!<br \/>Dmytro Keda from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mariupol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Mariupol<\/a> played for his favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCShakhtar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FCShakhtar<\/a> and scored the winner in charity match against Lechia Gdansk \u26bd<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shakhtar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Shakhtar<\/a> Global Tour for Peace\u201d is supported by the MFA\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6, all proceeds will be donated to \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6defenders and children affected by war. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ll6X8eU9eM\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ll6X8eU9eM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MFA of Ukraine \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@MFA_Ukraine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MFA_Ukraine\/status\/1515001322180857872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb Dreams come true \ud83e\udde1 A 12-year-old boy from Mariupol spent a day with Shakhtar \u2692<\/p>\n<p>Dmytro Keda got acquainted with the team players, received a player kit and boots, took the field and scored the winning goal! \u26bd<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shakhtar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Shakhtar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#StandWithUkraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7y2KyEG6fh\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/7y2KyEG6fh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC SHAKHTAR ENGLISH (@FCShakhtar_eng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCShakhtar_eng\/status\/1514965763722985476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif\">After the match, the club\u2019s official Twitter page\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: medium\">shared a picture of Keda attending a Shakhtar Donetsk match with his father in 2014 when he was just four years old.\u00a0The football club captioned the tweet, \u201cFootball is more than a game\u00a0<img alt=\"\ud83e\udde1\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" align=\"bottom\" border=\"0\"\/>\u00a0In 2014, Dmytro and his father attended Shakhtar matches at the Donbas Arena. In 2022, the boy played for #Shakhtar and scored the winning goal in a charity match.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Football is more than a game \ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Dmytro and his father attended Shakhtar matches at the Donbas Arena.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the boy played for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shakhtar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Shakhtar<\/a> and scored the winning goal in a charity match.https:\/\/t.co\/OgSEBjUI5K <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gcEQP8iELV\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/gcEQP8iELV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC SHAKHTAR ENGLISH (@FCShakhtar_eng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCShakhtar_eng\/status\/1514918290631634946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">CNN reported that before the match, the Ukrainian anthem was played, which was followed by a minute of silence\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">observed\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">in memory of those who lost their lives in the <strong>ongoing war<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The match was a part of Shakhtar Donetsk\u2019s Global Tour for Peace campaign in which the team was playing friendly matches with international clubs to raise money for civilians as well as armed forces in Ukraine. According to the club\u2019s website, as of April 7, 2022, Shakhtar Donetsk managed to raise $47.2 million for their country.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '444470064056909');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday evening, the 12-year-old Dmytro Keda had a spontaneous moment of joy after he scored a goal for his favourite football club, Shakhtar Donetsk, during a charity match in Poland. 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