The Ukraine goalkeeper Andrei Pyatov concedes that the fighting in east Ukraine has affected Shakhtar but says, ‘our task is to play and give people hope and good feelings’• Shahktar Donetsk say armed men have occupied offices• Fifa apologises for video showing Crimea as part of RussiaThe dressing room talk of Shakhtar Donetsk last week was not cars or girls or even football, but rather the ceasefire agreed between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country.As soon as the players gathered for lunch on Thursday, they began discussing the truce and the possibility that peace could …read more
Source: The Guardian

