Defeats at one’s own stadium are always particularly painful. The Fenerbahçe Instabul fan curve did not want to accept a goal conceded by the Dynamo Kiev team so easily: When midfielder Vitaliy Buyalskiy scores in the 57th minute, the Turkish fans sing the praises of “Vladimir Putin”.

Dynamo Kiev, the Ukrainian record champions, prevailed 2-1 (1-1, 0-0) after extra time in the second leg in Istanbul on Wednesday night after scoring a second goal. The narrow away win was enough to reach the third qualifying round for the top flight after a 0-0 draw in the first leg – Fenerbahçe were eliminated from the qualifiers.

Dynamo Kiev play Everton FC in a friendly in Liverpool on Friday. The Ukrainians will face Sturm Graz in their next Champions League qualifier on 3-9 August.

People who witnessed the Putin chants in the stands of Sukru Saracoglu Stadium described the scene as surreal.

A war has been raging in Ukraine since 24 February, the day Russia invaded, and thousands of Ukrainian lives have been lost. The Russian government has recently reconfirmed that the aim is, among other things, to overthrow the government in Kiev.

The first leg between Dynamo and Fehnerbahçe had been played in Lodz, Poland, because of the dangerous situation in the Ukrainian capital.