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Former Romania striker Adrian Ilie told what he expects from the match between his country's national team and Ukraine in the 1st round of the group stage of Euro 2024, which will take place tomorrow in Munich.

"All teams participating in Euro 2024 will have a fear not to lose the match. Therefore, all the games will be balanced.

Belgium is of course the biggest favorite of the group. But also the Ukrainian national team has very high-quality players who play in strong championships and have a very good rating. But I think that with a good organization of the game and very good tactics we will be able to surprise the Ukrainian national team.

Friendly matches do not reflect what will happen at the Euros (in the friendly matches before Euro 2024 Romania played 0:0 with Bulgaria and Liechtenstein - ed.). But the opening match is very important. And you will see that Ukraine will not run to win immediately either. Because any missed goal can be fatal not only in the match. The European Championship finals are not qualifying matches, when you can change the scoreboard in the last 10-15 minutes," Ilie said on the Business Philosophy podcast.

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Today, June 17, in Munich at the Allianz Arena stadium will be held the match of the 1st round of the group stage of Euro 2024 in Group "E" Romania - Ukraine (start - at 16:00 Kyiv time).

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Inter president Beppe Marotta has spoken about the process of negotiating the extension of the contract with striker Lautaro Martinez.

"The extension of Lautaro's contract is almost complete - only his signature is needed. It's not easy, because he is currently with the Argentine national team. But all the other work on the deal has already been done," TMW quoted Marotta as saying.

Lautarao's new deal is expected to run until 2029.

Former Real Madrid midfielder Kaka is confident that Jude Bellingham will be one of the main contenders for the Ballon d'Or this year.

"There are so many good players in England. And there have been incredible performers in the national team before. Wayne Rooney, in my opinion, is one of the best English players in history. Kane, of course, is one of the best, the national team will count on him for the Euros.

Bellingham is incredible, he's a great player. He is very young, but he looks very mature on the field. He reads the game perfectly. He doesn't seem to have the excitement that you would expect from a player his age. He has a great future ahead of him. He will definitely fight for the Ballon d'Or this year," Kaka was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.

On Sunday, June 16, the next Euro 2024 matches were played in Germany.

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"Bayern Munich has officially announced the extension of midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic's contract

The new agreement between the parties runs until June 30, 2029. The Munich-born midfielder has played for the German champions since the age of seven and gained a foothold in the team's first team last season.

"Unfortunately, this tonsillitis has deprived me of my dream of playing at the European Championships at home, which is very disappointing, but I am glad that my contract with Bayern has been extended until 2029. This shows that the club trusts me, and I am ready to repay it.

"Bayern is my home. I am proud, happy and grateful. I want to win trophies with the team and continue my personal development," Pavlovic said.

Today, on June 16, the Ukrainian Olympic team completed its performance at the Tournoi Maurice Revello international tournament in France with the final match against the Ivory Coast.

In the group round, Ruslan Rotan's wards defeated Indonesia (3: 0), Italy (4: 0), Panama (2: 0) and Japan (2: 1), after which they received six days to prepare for the final. Today, in the city of Salon de Provence, the Blue and Yellows fought for first place with the Ivory Coast team.

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Head coach of the Romanian national team Edward Iordanescu during the regulatory press conference told what he expects from the match of his team against Ukraine in the 1st round of the group stage of Euro 2024, which will be held tomorrow in Munich.

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Hungary goalkeeper Peter Gulacsy spoke about the match against Germany in the 2nd round of the European Championship.

"Our fans are very resourceful when it comes to buying tickets. I think it will be an away game for you. There has been an incredible football euphoria in Hungary for several weeks now, and we are very excited. The support of our fans gives us energy, you can feel it. It gives us a boost," Gulaca was quoted as saying by the German newspaper Bild.

Ahead of its opening match at Euro 2024 against Romania, Ukraine's national team held a pre-match training session on Sunday at the Arena Munich stadium, where the game will take place on Monday.

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The England national team will receive a bonus of €11.3 million if they win Euro 2024, The Sun reports.

According to the source, the head coach of the English national team, Gareth Southgate, will receive a bonus of 4.7 million euros if the Three Lions win Euro 2024.

It is noted that the total bonus for the English national team for winning Euro 2024 exceeds the bonus that was provided for them for winning the 2022 World Cup.

UAF President Andriy Shevchenko expressed his opinion on the tasks of the Ukrainian national team for Euro 2024.

- Ukraine has the youngest national team among all Euro 2024 finalists. Although each of our players has high skills and a unique character, it is more important how we show ourselves as a team. First, we have to get out of the group.

Dovbyk. I am very happy that Artem did so well in Spain. This is a fantastic result. I personally congratulated him, I am proud of his achievement. It's great that Ukraine has such a striker," Shevchenko said in an interview with Sportowe Fakty.