Shakhtar Donetsk director of football Darijo Srna has revealed that Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis offered to put up the touring Ukrainian side in Greece for almost two months after the two clubs contested a friendly over the weekend.
The 13-time Ukrainian Premier League winners were playing for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion two months ago in a "Stop War" friendly at the Greek champions' Karaiskakis Stadium. Domestic competition has been suspended in the country since the significant escalation of the conflict in late February.
That meeting was the first stop in a "Global Tour for Peace" that also features friendlies against Lechia Gdansk, Fenerbahce, and Hajduk Split between now and the start of May. A goal from Tiquinho separated the sides on the pitch in front of 5,000 supports as £85,000 was raised from gate receipts, which will go to humanitarian and aid concerns.
