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England head coach Gareth Southgate has praised Jude Bellingham's impact on Real Madrid this season.

"He's shown incredible maturity - adapting to the greatest club in the world in terms of history and making an impact through goals and wins. Jude has an insatiable desire to win. This trait of his mentality is the most important," Marca quoted Southgate as saying.

This season, the English midfielder has played 39 matches for Real Madrid in all competitions, scoring 22 goals and providing 10 assists.

AsFootball 24has learned, Dario Drudi is the main candidate for the position of Polissia coach. And his staff may include the youth coach of SC Dnipro-1 Imad Ashur and Serhiy Shyshchenko.

Earlier, Polissia considered Ruslan Rotan, Yurii Maksymov and Roman Hryhorchuk, but none of the candidates received final approval.

As a reminder, Serhiy Shyshchenko has been acting as Polissia's head coach since the beginning of March, when Yuriy Kalitvintsev resigned. After the victory over Kryvbas, the Zhytomyr team is in sixth place with 46 points.

Girona head coach Girona head coach Michel Sanchez said that Barcelona were interested in several of his team's players.

"Dovbyk to Barcelona? They've been in contact with many of our players. These players are very strong. I would like the whole team to stay. It's impossible to keep everyone because there are always changes, but I want to keep most of them," Vzbirna quoted Michel Sanchez as saying, citing Diario Sport.

On his TV programme Vatsko Live, well-known commentator Viktor Vatsko praised the performance of Dynamo midfielder Mykola Shaparenko in the Ukrainian Premier League match against Shakhtar Donetsk (0-1).

"I believe that Shaparenko showed in this match that he is the leader of Dynamo Kyiv. He showed that he can not only play football, but can also give the right mentality in terms of fighting qualities. I hadn't noticed this in him before.

In the match against Shakhtar, I was impressed by Shaparenko's aggressiveness and belligerence, I think this is a huge plus. This is very important in football. It's cool when there are fighters on the pitch, not soft toys, white and fluffy kittens. This is the character that Dynamo needs.

Shaparenko was the most active player in the Kyiv team, it seems that he was everywhere. He wasn't afraid to play football, he wasn't afraid of responsibility, he didn't hide behind his teammates, he wasn't afraid to make mistakes," Vzbirna quoted Vatsko as saying.

Yuriy Moroz, head coach of the Ukraine U-17 national team, believes that every game is crucial at the European Championships. On May 12, the youth national team of Ukraine (players not older than 2007) left for Cyprus, where the final part of Euro 2024 (U-17) will take place from May 20 to June 5. The head coach of the team Yuriy Moroz told the UAF official website about the prospects and plans of the blue and yellows in this tournament.

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Former Ukraine midfielder Yevhen Konoplyanka has announced the creation of his own esports organisation, kONO.ECF.

"It's time to reveal the secret behind the TBA tag. After all, one of the most famous Ukrainian footballers who has won the hearts of millions of fans is now behind the scenes of the team - Yevhen Konoplyanka. We are united by this desire to play spectacularly and move towards European heights. Every day, the team trains and gets better to conquer the esports Olympus," reads a statement on the organisation's official website.

On 15 May, Rivne will host the Ukrainian Cup final between Vorskla and Shakhtar. The Poltava team arrived in Rivne last night, and team captain Ihor Perduta shared his expectations of tomorrow's battle for the honourable prize in a conversation with a Sport.ua correspondent.

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Forward Nazariy Rusyn will stay at Sunderland for the next season.

According to Sport.ua, the report about Karpaty's interest in the player is not true. There has been no contact between the player and Karpaty. Today, Sunderland is not ready to consider any loan options and fully expects the player to stay with them next season.

Rusyn himself also wants to stay in England, where he has already completed the adaptation process and his wife and child have come to live with him. The player plans to hold a pre-season training camp with the team and fight for a place in the first team squad.

Nazariy Rusyn joined Sunderland from Zorya for €2.5 million. This season, he has played 21 matches in the Premier League, scoring two goals and making one assist.

Former wife of ex-Dinamo midfielder Benjamin Verbic - Alvina Tsarenko told about the Slovenian footballer's lifestyle.

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French defender of Manchester United Raphael Varane will leave the club after the end of the current season. This is reported by the press service of the English club.

Varane will leave United as a free agent, as his contract ends in the summer of 2024. Interestingly, three years ago, the defender moved to Manchester United from Real Madrid for 40 million euros.

Recall, as part of the Madrid club Varane has repeatedly won the Champions League and the championship of Spain.

Luhansk Zorya midfielder Oleksandr Yatsyk, whose contract is held by Dynamo, commented on the victory over Veres in the Ukrainian championship match.

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Zorya defender Roman Vantukh expressed his opinion on Dynamo midfielder Volodymyr Brazhko.

"Analysts often compare Brazhko and Yatsyk. They cannot be compared, they are different players. Brazhko is a defensive player. He is a destroyer, Vova works well with the ball, he threatens the opponent's goal, plays skilfully in defence. I think Brazhko is stronger than Stepanenko, for example. And Yatsyk likes to take the ball, drag it to the opponent's penalty area, and break into the areas. In terms of play, Sasha is similar to Shaparenko," said Vantukh.