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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY STANISLAS TOUCHOT- Picture taken on June 21, 2012 in Kiev of a statue showing Ukrainian player defeating IIIrd Reich eagle symbol at the Start stadium's entrance. On August 9, 1942, 45.000 spectators attended a match in this stadium called Zenit, between FC Start, a team made up of former Dynamo Kiev freed from a prisoner camp, and the FlakElf, a team made up of Luftwaffe soldiers and pilots. FC Start won 5-3 and this match stayed in History and Ukrainian memories as the "death match". AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/GettyImages)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY STANISLAS TOUCHOT- Picture taken on June 21, 2012 in Kiev of a statue showing Ukrainian player defeating IIIrd Reich eagle symbol at the Start stadium's entrance. On August 9, 1942, 45.000 spectators attended a match in this stadium called Zenit, between FC Start, a team made up of former Dynamo Kiev freed from a prisoner camp, and the FlakElf, a team made up of Luftwaffe soldiers and pilots. FC Start won 5-3 and this match stayed in History and Ukrainian memories as the "death match". AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/GettyImages)
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