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Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti shared his expectations from the Champions League final match against Borussia Dortmund.

"The main thing that the team has demonstrated this year: a general attitude, concentration and teamwork. Despite some difficulties at the start, the season turned out to be excellent and the cohesion and professionalism of the team helped us to overcome all the problems.

We have a balance between the older players who lead by example and the young ones with their extremely high standard. This has allowed our club to successfully navigate this transition period.

"Borussia? Firstly, they have earned the right to be in the final because they performed well in the previous rounds, beating strong teams like Atletico and PSG. They are a very solid and cohesive team with excellent players. Their defensive play against PSG surprised me.

We are very excited to play in another final. We will still be nervous, but we want it to happen as late as possible. We have to seize this moment, a great match, the main match of the year. This is the best match to experience," Ancelotti was quoted as saying by UEFA's official website.

Portuguese specialist Jose Mourinho will become the new head coach of Fenerbahçe.

According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Fenerbahçe has agreed with Mourinho on a two-year deal until June 2026. The agreement provides for an option to extend the cooperation for another season. All that remains is to sign all the official documents.

Earlier, Mourinho was fired from Roma due to unsatisfactory results.

Ukraine's national team midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko spoke about the team's preparations for the European Championship.

"I came to the UNITED24 summit because the initiative is two years old, and I met a lot of people. Of course, I miss Ukraine very much. Every time I come here, I have some special emotions. I am very happy to go with the team from Kyiv. When I was walking around the station, I told the guys that the last time I was here was 11 years ago. It's good to be back in those days, it's a bit of nostalgia.

At the station, I met with Arne Friedrich, the Euro 2024 ambassador, and I wished him a happy birthday. I also expressed my respect for the fact that he came from another country to Ukraine at such a difficult time for us, and on such a significant day for him.

We all understand that the European Championship is a big tournament where we need to show our best game. Through such tournaments, we can give a lot of emotions to our fans and our military, who are defending our country. We need to prepare for the competition with great responsibility, and I think we will succeed with the help of friendly matches," Zinchenko said.

Tribuna.com has learned that Metalist 1925 head coach Viktor Skrypnyk has decided to stay with the team.

The specialist thought about this decision for a long time, but the club owners assured him that they would strengthen the team enough to return to the UPL in a year.

The club announced Skrypnyk's appointment on 20 December last year. Prior to that, he coached Vorskla.

"Metalist 1925 finished last, 16th in the UPL at the end of the season, and was relegated to the First League.

Midfielder Vladyslav Kalytvintsev, whose contract with Oleksandriya has expired, is leaving the club. This is reported by the press service of the Citizens.

Kalytvintsev played 44 matches in the Ukrainian league for Oleksandriya, scoring 3 goals. The player played two more matches in the Ukrainian Cup.

We will remind, earlier there was information that the parties were unable to agree on the financial terms of the new agreement.

The 2024 European Championship starts on 14 June. In Ukraine, the tournament will be broadcast on the MEGOGO media service and on local Suspilne TV channels on T2 digital, cable and IPTV (except OTT).

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Girona forward Artem Dovbik is likely to change clubs in the summer transfer window.

According to TaToTake, if Girona sells Dovbik - 5% of the full transfer fee will be received by football clubs and schools that brought up the player from 12 to 23 years of age inclusive.

It is noteworthy that Dnipro, where Dovbik played, is now in bankruptcy status and, according to the rules, in such cases, in such cases, associations receive payments instead of clubs.

Recall, in the last season of the Spanish championship Dovbik scored 24 goals for Girona, becoming the top scorer in La Liga. The agreement of the Ukrainian with the Spanish club is calculated until the summer of 2028.

In the spring part of the season two foreigners played for Metalist 1925 - Ghanaian forward Raymond Owusu and Brazilian winger Ari Moura. But if the forward's contract with Kharkiv club is valid until the end of 2026, the midfielder's agreement is coming to an end.

"I don`t know yet. I have a contract with "Metalist 1925" until 30 June. I am waiting for the club to contact me," - said Moura.

Ari Moura moved to "Metalist 1925" last summer on loan from Brazilian "Metropolitano". In the "yellow-blue" he played 21 official matches, scored 4 goals and gave 1 goal. Transfermarkt estimates the cost of Moura at 300 thousand euros.

Today gave the world several famous people who closely connected their lives with football:

Georgiy Buschan (1994) - goalkeeper of Kyiv Dynamo and the Ukrainian national team. He was brought up in Odessa football. He studied in the local "Children's and Youth School-11", where he first started to play in the goal. For the first time declared himself at the final tournament of the Ukrainian Children's and Youth Football League among players born in 1994. He was recognised as the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Later he was invited to Dynamo Kyiv, where he is still playing.

Marco Royce (1989) is a German footballer, an extreme attacking midfielder of Borussia Dortmund. He started his career at Roth-Weiss, and on 25 May 2009 signed a four-year contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach. On 28 August 2009, Royce scored his first goal in the league against Mainz 05 after a 50-metre solo pass. Soon the player was interested in Borussia Dortmund, with whom the player signed an agreement.

Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham spoke about the Ballon d'Or.

"I'm not too worried about it. I have always believed that these awards belong to strikers and wingers, the best players. I know I can entertain the crowd, but no one can do it better than Vinny. When he's on form, he's the best player in the world," Marca quoted Jude as saying.

Ukraine midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko shared his expectations of performance at Euro 2024.

"We all understand that the European Championship is a big tournament where we need to show our best game. It is thanks to such tournaments that we can give a lot of positive emotions to our fans, to our military, who are defending our country today.

Therefore, we need to prepare for the tournament with maximum responsibility. With the help of the upcoming friendly matches (against Germany, Poland and Moldova - editor's note), I think we will succeed, " Zinchenko said on the air of the UAF Youtube channel.

Tomorrow in London at Wembley Stadium will be held the final match of the Champions League season-2023/24, in which Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid will play (kick-off - at 22:00 Kyiv time).

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