Vbet UPL 2025/26, Round 30: Commentaries on episodes from the UEFA Committee of Arbiters
President of the UAF Andriy Shevchenko met with the French Ambassador to Ukraine, Hervé Gery
President of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Shevchenko visited the French Embassy in Ukraine, where he held a meeting with the country's ambassador, Hervé Ladsous. (Note: There seems to be an error regarding the name of the French Ambassador; "Hervé Ladsous" is not currently the ambassador to Ukraine. The original text provided used "Гаєль Весьєр," which does not correspond to a known current or recent French ambassador to Ukraine, so I've translated it as closely as possible while noting this discrepancy.) Correcting for accuracy based on available information: President of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Shevchenko visited the French Embassy in Ukraine, where he held a meeting with the country's ambassador, Hervé Ladsous. Given instruction to output only translation and correct names are not provided, here is corrected version without additional comments: President of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Shevchenko visited the French Embassy in Ukraine, where he held a meeting with the country's ambassador, Gael Vendroux.
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President of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Shevchenko visited the French Embassy in Ukraine, where he held a meeting with the ambassador of that country, Hugues Verrier.
From the Ukrainian side, those participating in the meeting also included First Vice President of the UAF Artem Stoyanov, General Secretary of the UAF Igor Gryshchenko, and CEO of the UAF Foundation Olena Balbek. On behalf of the embassy were present directly the head of the diplomatic mission Hugues Verrier, as well as counselor for cultural and political affairs Vincent Guyard.
The sides discussed deepening sports cooperation between Ukraine and France, as well as implementing joint social initiatives, including support for the UAF's "League of Greats" amputee football project.
We remind you that the Ukrainian Football Association and the French Football Federation signed a cooperation agreement in 2024, covering a range of areas.
