Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk to play residence Champions League video games in Germany | Soccer News

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Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk will play its residence Champions League video games in Germany this season on the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg.

Shakhtar Donetsk's Oleksandr Zubkov and teammates put on the flag of Ukraine earlier than the match(REUTERS)

Unable to host European video games in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, Shakhtar's residence video games had been held within the Polish capital Warsaw final season.

The Ukrainian champion mentioned Friday that UEFA has agreed the group can play in Hamburg the place it is prone to appeal to the help of Ukrainians who've been displaced in the course of the battle and live in Germany and different nations.

The Volksparkstadion is residence to Hamburger SV, which has been a second-division group since 2018. It is also a venue for the European Championship in Germany subsequent yr.

The stadium has a 57,000 capability for German league video games, together with some standing terraces, or 51,500 in all-seater worldwide video games.

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