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Gian Marco Benedetto (La Spezia, Italy 1986) is an independent photojournalist and videographer based in Barcelona, known for his work on human rights and identity through long-term projects and journalistic reportage. He is a member of...
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April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
A minute of silence, the proclamation of all Ukrainians: Sláva Ukrayíni! Heroyam slava! charity tournament in support of the Ukrainian armed forces. It is an initiative promoted by the teams themselves -30 teams-, mostly amateurs, but also professionals. The championship hosts its final phase at the "Naftovik" stadium in the Nadvirna district of the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast (region) in western Ukraine. It is the first vestige of football in the 52 days of war.. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto/Anadolu
A minute of silence, the proclamation of all Ukrainians: Sláva Ukrayíni! Heroyam slava! charity tournament in support of the Ukrainian armed forces. It is an initiative promoted by the teams themselves -30 teams-, mostly amateurs, but also professionals. The championship hosts its final phase at the "Naftovik" stadium in the Nadvirna district of the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast (region) in western Ukraine. It is the first vestige of football in the 52 days of war.. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto/Anadolu
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. Denys, Mxim Yermolenko and Arsentiy Deroshenko from FC Kramatosk, evacuated from Donestk region at the charity tournament who has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
April 17, 2022. Ivanofranki First vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war. A charity tournament has been organized in the west of the country to support the Ukrainian army. In the tournament, they have participated: regional players, professional players displaced by the war, and refereed by a referee who is a military man. Among the teams were two teams with players killed in the conflict. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto
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Updated Apr 2022
IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 17: Football players are seen during a charity tournament in support of the Ukrainian armed forces as it is the first vestige of football in Ukraine after more than 50 days of war, in the Ivano-Frankivsk, in western Ukraine on April 17, 2022. In the tournament, they have participated regional players as well as professional players displaced by the war, and a referee who is a military man. (Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)