Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk players have helped pay for fans from the war-affected region of eastern Ukraine to attend Wednesday’s Europa League final against Sevilla at Warsaw, said captain Ruslan Rotan.
Dnipropetrovsk, an industrial city with a population of fewer than one million, has avoided being drawn into the conflict with Russian-backed rebels that has killed more than 6,200 people in just over a year. With fighting raging on their doorstep, the club have been prevented from hosting matches in the competition and have had to travel 500 kilometres (310 miles) to play home games in the capital Kiev, often at near-empty stadiums.
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Source: Daily News & Analysis
