For Ukrainians, ninety minutes of football provided a brief window on life as they knew it and an opportunity to keep their struggle in the headlines.
Natalya told me she wasn't a football fan, and this was only the second match she had attended, but that"this is part of my country for me".It was an occasion for Ukrainians to come together and share a nation's focus and pride.
The match also provided profile. A point made by more than one of the refugees on board the football bus was that they feared the world would forget about the plight of Ukraine.
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