"I spoke on the phone with three players of the national team whom I have known for a long time. One of them was crying" - Ukrai

Famous Ukrainian businessman and volunteer Yuriy Sapronov commented on the opening defeat of the Ukrainian national team at Euro 2024 on his Facebook page.

"Yesterday's news was full of statements from football 'experts'. Just the whole country of Carla Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. Hype. Hype. I can just see the sofa, puffy cheeks, nose boogers wiped off with my little finger on my pants, and spilled coffee on the keyboard. For destruction. It's amazing. Delirium, nonsense, and nonsense everywhere. They distributed the collections to the brigades of the Armed Forces and sent them to the front. As riflemen and machine gunners. Serhiy Rebrov was sent to coach the Zachepyliv "Refrigerator" in the Transcarpathian water pumping championship.

Hello, this is the national team of our country. There is no other. This is the first match. Yes, they played badly, very badly. Why? I don't know. I'm not an expert or a coach. Maybe we burned out, maybe we underestimated the opponent. Yes, there were no emotions, no fight to the death for every meter of the field and no dedication. There are two more matches. Conclusions will be drawn, I'm sure. I spoke on the phone with three players whom I have known for a long time. One of them was crying. A man was crying. A man! They are depressed. Stop hating, hating, whining and whining. We believe in the team! We believe and hope! They need our support! We support the national team of Ukraine!" he wrote.