In response to the initiative of the Kharkiv Oblast Football Association and with the support of the UEFA Coordination Center for Kharkiv, despite the ongoing Russian military aggression that has directly affected the region for more than four months, football life is returning.

Indeed, in the Zolochivskiy Territorial Community, a football tournament was held among four local teams. According to the results of the competition, third place went to FC "Kolos" players, second place was taken by FC "Pisaryvka", and first place was won by the team "Veterans". All participants received positive emotions from their favorite game and the opportunity to take a break from the harsh reality of war.

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Representatives of the Kharkiv Oblast Football Association and local football coaches also visited Vysokopillya in Kharkiv region and Novi Sanzhary in Poltava region. Most of the football players currently living in these settlements are children who have been displaced from Kharkiv and various parts of Kharkiv oblast, who need social adaptation to their new environment.

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That is why graduates of the KhOFA coaching courses, Oleksandr Bondar and Yevhen Petryshynets, organized a training process for young football players, while children received footballs as gifts from the head of the regional association Viktor Kovalenko.