Soccer Foes Join Forces on the Front Lines of Ukraine Crisis
KYIV, Ukraine—Odessa was trailing Dynamo Kyiv 4-0 in the semifinal of the Ukrainian Cup, but the usually partisan fans of the teams were coalescing around an issue entirely different from soccer: politics.
As the pro-Russian separatist rebellion in Ukraine raged hundreds of miles to the east, Dynamo Kyiv’s supporters were chanting the name of the opposing team. On the other side of the stadium, Odessa fans began a raucous chant that…