Two Ukrainian children, Mattvii Rybkin, aged 12, and Illia Sydorenko, aged eight, were in attendance as the Ireland team trained at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's Nations League game against Ukraine in Dublin.
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Ireland captain Seamus Coleman made the day for Mattvii and Illia by video calling his Everton teammate Vitaliy Mykolenko, a Ukraine international.
7 June 2022; 12-year-old Ukrainian citizen Mattvii Rybkin, from Zhytomyr, reacts as Republic of Ireland's Seamus Coleman tells him he is going to video call his Everton club-mate Vitaliy Mykolenko to speak to Mattvii. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Seamus Coleman video calls his Everton club-mate Vitaliy Mykolenko, to speak to Ukrainian citizens Mattvii Rybkin, age 12, and Illia Sydorenko, age 8, both from Zhytomyr. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Shane Duffy high-Illia Sydorenko. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Shane Duffy poses for a photograph with Mattvii Rybkin and Illia Sydorenko. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
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