UEFA noted midfielder Nikolai Shaparenko best player of the match Slovakia — Ukraine in the second round of the Euro 2024 group stage.
25-year-old footballer scored two goals in the match with the words — scored a goal and provided an assist.
Shaparenko about the match with Slovakia
— The longest distance covered in the match? How to win games while standing? I don’t think so. I don't care how far I ran, the most important thing is — is there a result. This is all for the sake of my country, for the sake of the team. I will try to run like this every game, — Nikolai said.
The footballer added that the team received well-deserved criticism for the game against the Romanian national team, took it in and sorted out the mistakes. Journalists asked Shaparenko about his assist in the match.
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— During the game everything happens very quickly, you don’t have time to worry whether he will score or not. I saw that Roman performed a good move — It was very lucky that the pass went through, the goalkeeper did not come out, and Yaremchuk scored the winning goal, — noted by the player.
An interesting fact is that Shaparenko became only the second Dynamo Kyiv player to score for Ukraine at the European Championships. The first was Andrey Shevchenko at Euro 2012.
Recall that the Ukrainian team won a strong-willed victory over Slovakia with a score of 2:1. Shaparenko and Yaremchuk scored goals for the blue-yellows.
Ukraine will play the next match at the group stage of Euro 2024 against the Belgian team on June 26. You can find a detailed calendar and schedule of Euro 2024 matches in our material.
