Real Madrid plays this Tuesday against Shakhtar Donetsk on matchday four of the Champions League group stage in which they can definitively seal the first place for the round of 16.
After the first leg at the Bernabéu, the second leg will take place in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The reason is none other than the invasion of Ukraine prevents Shakhtar from receiving the white club in their country, especially considering that Donetsk is one of the areas most affected by the war due to its geographical location.
The match It will be played at 9:00 p.m. at the Legia stadium, which has become in recent months the headquarters of the Ukrainian team. It is not uncommon for the country in which they play as locals to be Poland, since their neighbor has been in this conflict the country that has received the most refugees and in which more than a million Ukrainians have started a new life away from the missiles.
In fact, Shakhtar, involved with its fellow citizens, actively participates in various initiatives. This week two of its players have visited a children’s hospital where many of the little ones who have fled the war are and the club’s Foundation is taking care of eight families who lost their homes during the Russian offensive. In addition, it carries out the project ‘Come On, Let’s Play!’ in Dobrotvir so that 50 displaced children can continue playing football.
Despite the situation that the Ukrainian team is experiencing due to the invasion of their country, they arrive at the match against Real Madrid as second in the group, behind the white club, although with a five-point difference -Real Madrid have 9 and Shakhtar 4 -.
This Tuesday he will seek to prevail as he has done on several occasions in 2020, although a defeat against Ancelotti’s men would allow him to continue advancing to the second round as long as beat Celtic and Leipzig in the last two games.
