The blue-and-yellows reached the quarter finals of the world championship in 2006
Supervisor Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak commented on the devastating defeat Ukrainian national team from Romania (0:3) in the first round European Championship 2024.
“Nothing. Remember 2006, how you started and where you ended up. Not the great one who never fell, but the great one who fell and got up,” Ermak wrote in his Telegram channel.
Let us remember that in 2006, the Ukrainian national team lost to Spain (0:4) at the start of the World Cup. Subsequently, Oleg Blokhin’s team reached the quarter finals of the world championship.
Sergei Rebrov’s team, having lost by a large score, closes the standings of Group E. The Ukrainian team cannot keep a clean sheet in all 12 matches at four European Championships; In addition, the blue-yellows conceded three times in the opening match for the second forum in a row.
In the second round, Ukraine will play against Slovakia on June 21. In the final match of the group stage, Rebrov’s team will meet Belgium on June 26.
Source: Sportarena
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