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UAF President Andriy Shevchenko at today's meeting with journalists spoke about the problem with the formation of the composition of the Ukrainian Olympic team for the 2024 Olympics, which will be held on the same dates in which Ukrainian clubs will play in the qualification of the European Cup next season.

"There is no guarantee that the head coach of the Ukrainian Olympic team will get all the players he is counting on for the Olympics yet.

That is why we gave Ruslan Petrovych the opportunity to form the second squad of the Olympic team - to find a replacement for those performers who may not be at the Olympics. In this situation, everything will depend on the decision of the clubs and on communication between them and the head coach of our Olympic team," Shevchenko said.

"Ingulets defeated Karpaty in the 10th round (Champions Group) of the First League and became the champion, taking first place in the final standings.

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UAF Secretary General Ihor Hryshchenko spoke about reserving footballers from mobilisation in times of war.

"As they say now: "If you have decided to play football, book everyone who is involved." Let's just thank the government and the Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports for allowing us to compete and play under martial law.

The government and the Ministry have allowed a limited number of spectators to attend these competitions. The government has developed certain rules for booking professionals and employees, which apply to all spheres of public life. There are no special conditions for any of the spheres. There are conditions set by the Cabinet of Ministers: if you meet 6 out of 10 criteria, you can get a booking. And you can also book a certain number of people, but no more than 50 per cent.

Naturally, some clubs meet these criteria and some do not. Given this, after the events that took place with Obolon, a meeting of the UPL was convened, in which I took part as a representative of the UAF and a representative of the Ministry. As a result of the meeting, proposals were made to the Ministry of Economy, which makes the final decision on booking, to develop additional criteria for professional athletes.

"A professional athlete who represents the country at international competitions and takes part in professional competitions cannot be simply replaced. They have been improving their professional skills for years.

The Ministry of Economy did not give a positive response to this request, or did not consider it, so to speak. It does not believe that it is necessary to do this, to separate athletes into a separate category and make any specific proposals for them.

At the time the law on mobilisation was being drafted, the UPL and PFL jointly submitted proposals for amendments so that people with a professional contract would have a deferral from mobilisation or something like that.

Our government and the Verkhovna Rada, which gave us the opportunity to play during the war, believe that it is not in the interests of the state to provide reservations from mobilisation in times of war. Therefore, these proposals were not supported. We, as the UAF, must ensure that the competitions are held within the constraints that exist. We are not a body that can influence these processes.

We are working on this where possible. We understand that we need to be registered. We can facilitate this process, but only within the law and with respect for the situation in the country, all authorities and laws of the state. We will definitely not change them or substitute concepts in any way," said Grishchenko.

UAF President Andriy Shevchenko spoke at today's meeting with journalists about the audit of the organisation he heads.

"We have a desire to return money to the UAF. If according to the results of the audit it turns out that some financial resources were spent inappropriately, this money will have to be returned to the UAF," Shevchenko said.

Catalan football club Barcelona has officially announced the dismissal of head coach Javi.

"Today, 24 May, Barcelona president Joan Laporta informed Javi Hernández that he will not be the first team head coach from next season (2024/2025).

"Barcelona would like to thank Javi for his work as coach, as well as for his remarkable career as a player and team captain, and wishes him every success in the future. Javi Hernández will coach the team for the last time in Sunday's away game against Sevilla.

Over the next few days, Barcelona will make an official announcement regarding the first-team structure," the Catalan club's press service said in a statement.

On Friday, 24 May, Dynamo Kyiv met Rukh Lviv in the 30th round of the Ukrainian Youth Championship.

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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah stunned fans with his new look. The footballer posted a photo of himself with a new hairstyle - without long curls.

UAF president Andriy Shevchenko has said that he had a meeting with the former head of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Pavelko.

"Yes, I had a meeting with Andriy Pavelko. It took place in the UAF and was completely open, we had a quiet chat. The topic of the conversation? UAF audit," Shevchenko said during today's meeting with Ukrainian journalists.

Everton and Ukraine defender Vitaliy Mykolenko commented on his recovery from injury.

"I twisted my leg very badly. When our doctors came running out, I said that I needed a replacement, but then they put ice on it and it got better. The fans also started singing songs and cheering me on.

I went off the pitch, jogged and it hurt a bit. Already on the field I realised that I could run in a straight line, and when the trajectory changed, I realised that I needed a replacement. How could you continue playing at all? On some kind of adrenaline.

Rebrov constantly asks how I am. From 30 May I am scheduled to work with the ball and on 4 June I will join the general group. We'll see how it goes," Mykolenko was quoted as saying by the Vzbirna telegram channel.

Ingulets president Oleksandr Povorozniuk positively assesses the changes in Ukrainian refereeing after the appointment of Andriy Shevchenko as UAF president.

- How would you assess the refereeing in the First League after Shevchenko and Monzul joined the UAF?

- To be honest, I'm f*cked!

- In a good or bad way?

- Well, of course, in a good way. Why couldn't it have been done before? Everything is different now. Arbitrators judge honestly. What was it like before? They would arrive and immediately: "How much?", "Who?", "How?".

Now, when they arrive, I ask, because I'm interested: "What is going on and how?". The arbitrators answer: "Alexander Grigorievich, that's all in the past. Now we are starting from scratch." It's so nice to hear that! Why didn't they do this before?

- There used to be Italians in the judiciary.

- I have been talking about Italians for a long time, but no one wanted to listen to me. Everyone was happy with everything.

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UAF President Andriy Shevchenko said that he had already updated his data in the TCC.

"I have already registered for military service and updated all my data in the TCC," Shevchenko said during today's meeting with Ukrainian journalists.

As a reminder, Shevchenko also said at the meeting that there was no talk of Ukraine's return to the 2030 FIFA World Cup bid at the FIFA Congress.

UEFA has decided to accredit Russian journalists for Euro 2024.

As it became clear at today's meeting between UAF President Andriy Shevchenko and representatives of the Ukrainian media, UEFA has accredited Russian journalists for the European Championship matches to be held this summer in Germany.

It is also known that UEFA continues to credit Russia with points in the club rankings, despite the fact that all teams and the national team of the aggressor country were suspended from international competitions after the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.