Hosting World Cup matches in 2030 would be 'the dream of people who survived the horrors of war,' Ukrainian soccer federation president Andriy Pavelko said Wednesday after his country launched a joint bid with Spain and Portugal amid the invasion and occupation by Russia.
Hosting World Cup matches in 2030 would be "the dream of people who survived the horrors of war," Ukrainian soccer federation president Andriy Pavelko said Wednesday after his country launched a joint bid with Spain and Portugal amid the invasion and occupation by Russia.
"Now it's not the Iberian bid, it's the European bid," Spain soccer federation president Luis Rubiales said at the launch. "Together we represent the power of transformation football has in society." It is unclear how Greece would be approved by UEFA to be part of such an unprecedented multi-continent idea that was aired last month and appears to have accelerated the revised European bid.
Ukraine's ambition increased when the national league that was suspended in February started a new season in August -- in stadiums with no fans and bunkers for players and officials to shelter during air raid alerts -- and was a popular success.
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