Ukraina Stadium
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I could certainly be nationalistic for her
Made by incendiarymind
One of the main reasons my friend John and I went to Easter Europe in 2004 (we had also been there the prior year but I have no idea where those photos went) was to attend a couple of UEFA World Cup qualifying matches. John is half Ukrainian and while I would have preferred to see Poland (who had a better matchup anyhow), in the interest of having someone around who spoke the language (John is fluent in it) we went to see a Ukrainian qualifier. The match took place at Ukraine's national stadium in Lviv. While I would have preferred to see the match four days prior in Kiev (truly an amazing city) against European Champions Greece, the match against Georgia in Lviv (a city I'm not very fond of) would have to do. The Ukrainian federation passed out thousands of Ukrainian flags to everyone who entered the ground (foreigners included, probably even Georgians) and the whole crowd was awash in people wearing them on their shoulders. None drew as much attention as this girl. Ukraine won the match 2-0 and there was much rejoicing as John and I boarded the train to Chop, the border city with Hungary and gateway to civilization as the victory meant Ukraine was in the driver's seat for qualification. The location for this photo is probably incorrect but I just looked for a giant round thing on the sattelite that could be where Karpaty Lviv and the Ukrainian national team play.
high security with a relaxed attitude
Made by incendiarymind
When my travel companion and I arrived in Lviv for the World Cup qualifying match between Ukraine and Georgia back in 2004, it was pretty much an armed fortress. It seemed like every military police unit in the country was waiting at the train station when we arrived (and we were actually questioned by a couple of them and played dumb to the fact that we were about to get scalped tickets for the match). Similarly there was a pretty high security presence inside the stadium (which was a bit odd since the place was about 95% Ukraine supporters and 5% neutrals and Georgia supporters). In fact, there were even military who got in for free just in case they were needed as backup. The night went off without incident. And while people were coming in there wasn't even much confusion so security had a lot of free time. Here one particular security agent stands around smoking a cigarette. Everyone inside the stadium was smoking it seemed. RATING NOTES 32/50 on Score Me! (6.4)
Zone overseer visit. Lviv, Ukraine. May 31, 2008
Made by joyfulbald
Nearest places of interest:
| LAZ Factory, Lviv, UA Парк Боднарівка Stare Selo Замок у Старому Селі | Lychakivskiy Cemetery Rysarey Снопківський парк Stryjskyj park |
