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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv, Ukraine – 12 January 2025
1. Various of amputee soccer players training and warming up
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv, Ukraine – 11 January 2025
2. Mid of Andriy Shevchenko, former soccer player and president of Ukrainian Association of Football, opening tournament
3. Wide of teams
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Andriy Shevchenko, president of the Ukrainian Association of Football:
"Most of you are soldiers who were injured while defending our country. That is why I want to say thank you for your courage. This tournament is very important. It is important because it gives hope, it gives the opportunity to all of our people who were wounded to go through rehabilitation both physically and mentally with football."
5. Close of footballers UPSOUND (Ukrainian): “Glory to Heroes”
6. Mid footballers during opening ceremony of League of the Mighty
7. Wide of footballers, organisers and fans paying respect to fallen servicemen during minute of silence
8. Various of Valentyn Osovskyi, captain of the Pokrova AMP, speaking during huddle before game
9. Mid of Pokrova AMP players scoring goal
10. Close of Pokrova AMP players celebrating
11. Mid of game
12. Wide of Pokrova AMP attacking
13. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Mykola Gatala, captain of Pokrova AMP-One:
“Football is the best rehabilitation for me, it really helped me a lot both physically and mentally. I’m doing it with my brothers in arms that went through the same things I did. We understand each other. We have common topics to discuss and enjoy our time together.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv, Ukraine – 12 January 2025
14. Various of AMP FC Kyiv team talking tactics before game
15. Wide of Pokrova AMP players walking on to pitch before start of final against AMP FC Kyiv
16. Mid of Osovskyi passing to teammate
17. Wide of Pokrova AMP players scoring in final
18. Close of Pokrova AMP players celebrating a goal in final
19. Mid of Pokrova AMP fans supporting their team
20. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Valentyn Osovskyi, captain of Pokrova AMP:
“Our team has one and a half years of experience, it is really small compared to the teams abroad. But we are the first who created an AMP football team in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. That is why we are trying to develop things in order to have our inner championship as well as creating a strong team to represent our country at the international level.”
21. Mid of Pokrova AMP players being congratulated after winning final
22. Various of Pokrova AMP players receiving their medals
23. Mid of Osovskyi lifting trophy
STORYLINE:
The players were chosen from among the thousands of Ukrainians wounded in the war.
With limbs lost to Russian attacks, they gathered at a stadium in Kyiv over the weekend, ready to embark on a new contest: a soccer tournament.
Organized by Ukraine’s Association of Football, the “League of the Mighty” is Ukraine’s first soccer championship for amputees.
Over the past year, the association has invested in local communities to establish teams, recognizing the growing number of war-wounded citizens as a result of the nearly three-year conflict.
With six outfield players and one goalkeeper on each side, they engaged in intense matches.
Outfield players, all lower-limb amputees, and goalkeepers with upper-limb amputations, played without prostheses, relying on wrist clutches for control.
Pokrova AMP won the tournament, with captain Valentyn Osovskyi describing the triumph as exhilarating.
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