Honorary president of Dnipro-1 Yuriy Bereza harshly criticized the Ukrainian national team for the failed match against Romania in a commentary to Dnipryanyn.
Yuriy Bereza- Yuriy Mykolayovych, how would you comment on the national team's match?
- I suggest that you and other journalists ask who received how much from the UAF for reaching the Euros. Specifically, how much each player received. (According to the UAF report, the players, coaches and staff of the national team received a total of almost 140 million hryvnias as bonuses for reaching Euro 2024 - ed.) And how much bonus is provided for reaching the quarterfinals? You will be shocked by these figures. Compare these figures with soldiers who are fighting at ground zero. It's not even for the sake of some kind of hate, on the contrary, it's with love, simple analytics, and efficiency of use of funds. I propose to make a table of salaries: how much a private and a sergeant get paid when they are at zero and the fees for reaching the Euros. It's not fair at all. The UAF has been turned into the 95th quarter. Yes, Shevchenko has just arrived, but I am interested in the result, which is not yet there.
In general, I wanted to tell a lot of things, but I held back at the last moment. But I will say something, for example, what is Konoplya doing in the national team? And why wasn't Pikhalenko called up? The principle of two "awesome" clubs and legionnaires does not work. We need to take those who want to play, will play and will bust their asses. Because now it's not the national team of Ukraine, but the musical of Khreshchatyk. There was no thought on the field yesterday, they didn't think at all.
- What do you expect in the matches against the Slovaks and Belgians? Will there be positive changes?
- Do you think something can change? We lost psychologically. The national team should have the strongest players, and if the first shot on target was in the 75th minute, how can this team achieve anything? There are a lot of unanswered questions.
