FILE - Shakhtar's Heorhiy Sudakov plays the ball during the Champions League group F soccer match between Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Ukrainian soccer star Heorhiy Sudakov is on course to achieve his dream of becoming one of the best players in Europe. His dream of returning home seems more distant. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
FILE - Ukraine's goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin punches the ball away under pressure from Germany's Kai Havertz during an international friendly soccer match between Germany and Ukraine in Nuremberg, Germany, Monday, June 3, 2024. Ukraine sees its soccer players and Olympic athletes as symbols of the country's resilience and a way to keep Ukraine in focus worldwide. Qualifying for Euro 2024 with a comeback win over Iceland in front of an overwhelmingly pro-Ukraine crowd in Poland brought “incredible emotions” to the team and those at home, Sudakov said. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)