KIEV, May 25 (Reuters) - Win or lose, Ukrainian outsiders Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk are banking on being able to lift some of the gloom in their war-weary country when they face holders Sevilla in Wednesday's Europa League final in Warsaw.
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With fighting raging on the doorstep of Dnipropetrovsk, the club's players, staff and fans have had to travel 500 kilometres (310 miles) to play Europa League home matches in the capital, Kiev, often at near-empty stadiums.