Ukraine: A team that has the strength to advance to the knockout stage again

We present the participants of the European Championship - group E

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Mihailo Mudrik, Photo: Reuters

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13.06.2024. 18:30h

Ukraine entered the European Championship through the "small door", and then they were lucky in the draw, because they will play in group E - with Belgium, Slovakia and Romania, against which the team Sergej Rebrov starts on June 17 at Munich's "Alijanc Arena". The goal of the "yellow-blue" is another passage to the knockout stage in history...

Although Ukraine did not play matches at home, only because of the lower score against Italy (both teams had 14 points), they had to seek a chance from qualification group C through the barrage - they were behind the undisputed Englishmen and the Azzurri.

And the barrage was a separate story. Through him, the Ukrainians eliminated Bosnia and Herzegovina (2:1), which dominated until the entry of veterans from Valencia. Roman Jaremčuk and led until the 85th minute, and in the finish, with a goal and an assist from an experienced reserve player, the guests at Bilin Polje won the final of the playoff against Iceland. They also lost to Iceland, and then with a dominating game in the second half, they booked their tickets to Germany (2:1).

Rebrov didn't have too many dilemmas about the team, he named the 26 chosen already in mid-May, even though the UEFA deadline was June 7.

The goalkeepers are on the list: georgi Bushan (Dinamo Kiev), Anatoly Trubin (Benfica), Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid). Defense: Nikolai Matviyenko, Efim Konoplja, Valery Bondar (all Shakhtar), Aleksandar Timcik (Dinamo Kiev), Vitaly Mikolenko (Everton), Ilya Ban it (Bournemouth), Aleksandar Svatok (Dnieper), Maxim Taloverov (LASK Linz), Bogdan Mihajlichenko (Polesia). Midfield: Andriy Yarmolenko, Nikolai Shaparenko, Vladimir Bražko (all Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko, Alexander Zubkov, Georgi Sudakov (all Shakhtar), Alexander Zinchenko (Arsenal), Viktor Tsygankov (Girona), Mihailo Mudrik (Chelsea), Sergej Sidorchuk (Westerlo), Ruslan Malinovsky (Genoa). Attack: Artjom Dovbik (Girona), Roman Jaremchuk (Valencia), Vladislav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv).

Ukraine has the strength, the choice of players to achieve the goal, because the team has the best striker - the "kids" of La Liga Dovbik with 24 goals and eight assists, and his clubmate Tsygankov with a season of eight goals and seven assists who helped Girona win the place in the Champions League. There is no need to waste words on the class and experience of Zinchenko, Yaremchuk, but also the speed and talent of Mudrik and the form of Real's goalkeeper Lunjin.

- We don't know what the wording "we can't" means, it doesn't exist for us. It is correct that we consider England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany. Belgium, Croatia and Austria are also very good and quality teams, they are the favorites. However, we should look for passage from the group, and then step by step in the knockout phase. We are the youngest team at the Euros, but we have chances and a class for a high ranking - he emphasized Andriy Shevchenko, president of the Football Federation of Ukraine.