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Dynamo Kyiv's newcomers Oleksandr Pikhalonok and Maxim Bragaru have chosen the numbers they will wear in the new season.

According to Dynamo's press service, Pikhalonok will play under the number 76, and Bragaru will play under the number 45.

Under these numbers, the players will take part in matches of national and international tournaments in the 2024/2025 season.

It will be recalled that Pikhalonok and Bragaru joined Dynamo during this summer's offseason.

Polissya newcomer Danylo Bezkorovainyi was seriously injured at a team training session. This was reported by former journalist Ihor Burbas.

"Polissya has a serious injury. At one of the first sessions of the summer training camp, newcomer Danylo Bezkorovainyi dropped out of the training process. According to my information, the player damaged his cruciate ligaments. The recovery time for such injuries is considerable. The center-back moved to Zhytomyr from Kryvbas' camp only a month ago for 600 thousand euros," Burbas said.

Ukraine goalkeeper Andriy Lunin has named Spain as the main favorite for Euro 2024.

"Spain is showing very good results, they are the favorites of the European Championship," Lunin was quoted as saying by Madrid Zone on Twitter.

It will be recalled that the Spanish national team convincingly won two rounds of the Euro 2024 group round and has already guaranteed its entry into the playoffs.

Belgium's head coach Domenico Tedesco commented on the victory over Romania in the Euro 2024 group stage match.

"We played with the same structure as against Slovakia. It was very important for us to get these three points, and of course we missed a few chances. It would have been great if we could have closed the match earlier. I think we could have scored three, four or five goals today. We are happy to have got these three points and now we will see what the next game brings," Tedesco was quoted as saying by the UEFA official website.

Who was the main star of Dynamo Kyiv in the mid-noughties, who were Artem Milevskyi and Oleksandr Aliyev, which of the Kyiv coaches influenced him the most, and what was his relationship with Ihor Surkis like? Former forward Ismael Bangura told about all this in an interview with UV.

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Famous commentator Igor Tsyganik made a prediction for the Euro 2024 match between Slovakia and Ukraine.

"Why will it be much easier for us against the Belgians than against the Romanians and Slovaks? There will be space. The Belgian national team gives a lot of space. The most difficult thing for us is to take the ball away from them.

I believe that our chance is with Tedesco. I think he is a weak coach, honestly. I really hope that this will play a role somewhere. I remember what he did with Leipzig when Shakhtar took him around. He was fired immediately after the match. I don't think he can come up with something out of the box. We have a chance," Tsyganik said on the author's YouTube channel.

Dnipro-1's commercial director, Vyacheslav Fridman, responded to information about the club's possible termination due to the difficult financial situation.

"I'm on vacation, so I'm not commenting on anything," Friedman said briefly.

Earlier it was reported that Dnipro-1 may not play the Conference League qualifiers and cease to exist altogether, as the club has serious financial problems.

Arsenal London and Ukraine national team defender Oleksandr Zinchenko has decided to publish an autobiography, Bloomsbury reports.

It is reported that Zinchenko's autobiography is called "Believe". The pre-order of the book, which costs 19.8 pounds, is already open. An e-book version of the book is also available for £15.4.

"The remarkable story of a footballer who fought against the odds to achieve his dream - only to see his country struggle to survive after Russia's shocking invasion of Ukraine," reads the description of the autobiography.

Delivery of the book will begin in the fall - starting in October.

Slovakia forward Stanislav Šestak commented on the defeat of the Ukrainian national team in the Euro 2024 match.

"An unfortunate result for us. We played a good match against a quality opponent, the first 35 minutes were completely ours. But at the beginning of the second half, the Ukrainians equalized, they went ahead because they had no choice. The Ukrainian national team has a quality team, we played well in the first half, and in the second half we were worse, allowing them to score twice.

In the last match of the group round, we will also play against a serious opponent, but everything is in our hands. We have to play to win. We have everything to do so," Sport.ks quoted Shestak as saying.

In an interview with the Italian media, Shakhtar sporting director Dario Srna spoke about what is happening in Ukraine at the moment when the national football team is participating in the final of Euro 2024.

"It is difficult to talk about football now, because I have been living in Ukraine for a long time and I know how much people are suffering from what is happening. Every day there are sirens, explosions, we are constantly living in stress, and this is not a normal life. They [the Ukrainian national team players] play for everyone [Ukrainians], even if it's not easy. After Croatia, my heart, half of my heart, is beating for Ukraine, and I hope they can go further. Sudakov is a great talent. Together with Mudryk and Tsygankov, they can create problems for Belgium," Srna said.

Ukrainian referee Mykola Balakin will work at the Euro 2024 group round match between Albania and Spain.

According to the UEFA press service, Balakin has been appointed as the fourth referee for this match. In addition to the Ukrainian, Swedish referees led by Glenn Nyberg will work at the meeting. Assistants to the chief referee: Mahmoud Badji and Andreas Soderqvist.

The match will traditionally feature the VAR system.

It will be recalled that the match between Albania and Spain will take place on Monday, June 24, in Dusseldorf. The match starts at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Ukraine's youth national team (players not older than 2008) played in the Dream Cup 2024 tournament hosted by Japan.

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