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Date of publication: Thursday 29 November 2018 10h15
Arsenal has secured the first place of his group in Europa League while a very different team was preparing to defeat Vorskla Poltava in Europa League, whose manager then made the decision to move the match in Kiev.
The group E team was transferred east of the Polish capital, 185 miles east of Poltava, under the martial regime of parts of Ukraine, as political tensions with Russia continued to deteriorate. ascend.
The call to relocate the match was launched Tuesday night. Vorskla was particularly unhappy with UEFA's decision and official confirmation that the match would take place no more than six hours before the kickoff.
The inconvenience – as well as a technical problem with their plane and the bus of the team which breaks down just in front of the stadium – did little to quell Arsenal, whereas the young Emile Smith Rowe and Joe Willock marked the one of two penalties for Aaron Ramsey seal a 3-0 win at temperatures that plunged to minus 10 degrees.
Vorskla, meanwhile, hinted that the game still would not happen. A post on their Instagram account Wednesday night showed that the team was boarding for a coach to Kiev.
They got off to a good start, but they never risk getting into the game once Smith Rowe scored 11 minutes late, with coach Vasyl Sachko expressing frustration at the change of venue.
"I would like to say a lot about it," he said.
"Holidays have been taken in Poltava. This game was very important for our city. One of the most important games for 10 years.
"We were preparing a lot and we were expecting it to be like a vacation. We spent a lot of energy and we made every effort to prepare for the match.
"It really influenced the mental state of the players, because everything had changed in 24 hours.
"It had a big influence on the team's mentality. The city has lost a lot. A thousand supporters would come from other cities to support our team.
"The city has really lost a vacation. If we played at home, we would have another result. "
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