Juventus Turin picked up almost 80 people on the border between Hungary and Ukraine this Saturday, most of them boys and girls aged 6 and 14 years, and will host them in Italy until the end of the war between Russia and Ukraine, as reported by the entity on its social networks.
The Ukrainian Football Federation, through the Ukrainian Alex Velykykh, asked the club for help to transport these 14 people who he himself had rescued soccer schools in the city of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, and nearby cities affected by the bombing.
The ‘Juve’ He responded to the call with a convoy made up of two team buses and covered about 2.800 kilometers until he reached Zahony (Hungary), where he those affected were waiting.
The black and white group went -in addition to medicines, food and clothing collected throughout the week- with a doctor to attend possible emergencies suffered before embarking on the way back to Turin.
Now, the boys and girls who, together with their mothers and fathers, have been able to escape from the war in which their country is involved, will take refuge in the Piomonte region (Italy), with the support of the Department of Civil Protection, informed the black and white club.
“The images of the war in the center of our continent shock women and men in the Youth s, and they mobilize everyone. Observing passively is impossible, and that is why the idea was to create an operation to help”, explained the Turin team.
“Juventus not only took the field today against Sampdoria, but also showed present with those who suffer. The expedition has a lot of meaning: we are together with those who suffer from war while we hope that peace will return soon“added the entity.
This is not the first action taken by some clubs on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Shakhtar Donetsk refurbished their stadium to protect those unrelated to the war, while Benfica has sent clothes, medicine and food to Ukraine for those affected.