The Spaniards are delighted to have beaten Ukraine so easily, and the team paid no attention to a quickly conceded goal. The Spaniards thought the semi-final match had highlighted the real difference between Ukrainian and Spanish football. The supporters believe that Ukraine's squad has few good players, but there are plenty of those who are not up to the level of the semi-finals, especially in defense. In general, the Spaniards were happy with the game and the result. Many were confident of victory, but few expected to score 5 goals against Ukraine. Many described Ukraine as a weak team that had reached the semi-finals by accident, while their real level was shown in the semi-final match against Spain.
Photo: uefa.comPepi: France underestimated Ukraine and lost. We also suffered because of it in the first match. But we have made the right conclusions and this time we acted much more reliably in defence. We also managed to use our chances, of which we had many in the first match in the group stage.
Chiva: Thanks to Trubin for the final. The Ukrainian goalkeeper was for Spain today. I think he seldom helps out his team. Our players had enough to shoot towards goal, at least a little off-centre, and that shot was immediately converted into a goal. And the defenders are of the same low level.
Israel and Ukraine are not up to the level of the semi-finals. Two teams who have played very poorly. It is only fair that they had to leave the tournament and not reach the final. The decisive match will be played by the two strongest teams in Europe, as it should be.
Toscano: I read the news that Shakhtar want to get EUR 40 million for Trubin. It's very funny, because every club has such goalkeepers. Then they should ask at least 100 million euros for our goalkeeper.
Segura: Mudrik is the strongest and most amazing player at the European Youth Championship. It is simply impossible to stop him without breaking the rules. The coaches say about such players that they make the difference on the pitch. Unfortunately, everyone knows that, but no one knows how to stop Mudrik. Fortunately, the rest of Ukraine's players are much lower level, especially the defenders.
Robles: Probably the scoreline was not quite in line with the game. We were stronger, but the Ukrainians did not deserve to lose 1-5. Today we scored all the goals that failed in the first match. The main thing is not to get too conceited after this victory. We will face England in a completely different football, and it is an opponent of another level, much higher.
Serrato: I have only now understood that Israel and Ukraine will represent Europe at the Olympiad. There will be only 4 teams from Europe, two of them of a very low level. It would be better to give these places to England and Italy.
Catala: We won very easy and even saved for the final. I was sure we were stronger but I did not expect that the victory would be so easy. To score 5 goals in the semi-finals is a really impressive achievement for any team.
Menendez: This match has shown that the Spanish clubs should not sign defenders from France, they should instead look for young Spanish players. Look at how tormented the Ukrainians were against Spain today and how easily they beat the French. Perez and Laporta need to think hard about their transfer policy. The French are massively overrated in the transfer market.
Abellan: We just need to beat England and we will deservedly win the European Championship. I expected more from Ukraine but I am happy that the victory was easy and did not take much effort from our team. Because England also beat Israel in the semi-finals very easily.
Lazaro: Spain have character. We conceded a goal but we did not lose heart. They came to their senses quickly and scored two goals, then controlled the game and made the Ukrainians nervous. This Spain is a strong team game, which is very important in such tournaments.
Muniente: Where was Mudrik today, where was Trubin? Where are all these so-called "stars" of Ukrainian football? Our defenders closed Mudryk, and Trubin missed all the shots that flew into the net. There was too much talk from the Ukrainians before the semi-final. I don't know what they hoped for with such a game.
Esquitihno: The strange thing is not that we won 5-1. The strangest thing for me is that we conceded the first goal but it had no effect on the team. We just continued to play our game and scored goal after goal. And the Ukrainians could not stop us, making the same terrible mistakes in defense, as in the first match in the group stage. It was just that then, in an amazing way, we failed to convert those chances.
Luna: The Spanish youth team goes into the final, scores 5 goals and shows an amazing game. At this moment, Real Madrid and Barcelona are fighting over Turkish and Brazilian players instead of paying attention to the Spanish players who are just as good. Do they have so much money that they are willing to spend it on dubious players all the time?
Pilar: Trubin reminds me of Lunin, who has wanted to be a substitute at Real all his career. They seem to have everything to be good goalkeepers. Yet they concede goals in innocuous situations. A goalkeeper doesn't just have to catch the ball or kick it away from the centre of the pitch. He must be able to choose the right position. Trubin does not know how to do that, which is why we scored goals so easily today. And when Lunin was in the starting line-up for Real, I was afraid every time the opponents were going to shoot on goal.
Tineo: In my opinion, the Ukrainians were just tired today. They staked on a quick goal and managed to score. If they had closed down in defence after that it would have been difficult for us. But the Ukrainians have decided, apparently, to score a second goal and we punished them for that. In the second half they didn't make any more runs, only Mudryk tried but nobody supported him. That helped us win so easily.
Roca: It's good that it ended that way. But if England score first, it will not be so easy to win. We were lucky to get to the semifinals against Ukraine who play very poor defensively. If we had had another team on the pitch today I am not sure we would have reached the final.
Guirao: Thanks to Ukraine for beating France. I am not sure we could have got past the French. It`s funny, but in football this is how it happens. Those teams win tournaments who are more lucky. We were lucky to be in a weak group, then play-offs with Switzerland and Ukraine. Had things been different, not Spain would have played in the finals but a different team.
Avandano: We can say that the team took revenge on Ukraine for the first match. It was unpleasant to read all the comments made by the Ukrainian players and coaches who failed to understand that even a draw in the first match was a big success for them. Today, we have shown them the real difference between Ukrainian and Spanish football.
Quinones: And even Mudrik didn't help Ukraine. I will not argue, he is a good player who can do a lot. I think he has a great future at Chelsea or some other club. But he can't win matches on his own. And I don't think he's a leader in character.
Gallego: Ukraine will disgrace Europe at the Olympics. A very weak team that miraculously reached the semi-finals. The whole game is built through Mudryk. Once they shut him down, Ukraine could do nothing on attack. And with such defenders and goalkeeper it is surprising that they even made it out of the group.
Anton Prokopov
