Death match

"Two boys witness the historic football matches played between the Nazi soldiers and Dynamo Kiev players during the German occupation of Ukraine during World War II."@en
"During the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, a match was set up betweenDynamo Kiev's players, playing as FC Start, and a German side. Kievwon. And when the Germans fielded a better side, Kiev beat them too. And again, and again. Until the half-starved FC Start players faced aninternational-calibre German side, under the threat of execution ifthey didn't let the occupiers win ... An astonishing true story. Highly readable, exciting books that take the struggle out of reading, the Wired and Wired Up series encourage and support reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories at a manageab."@en