English Everton and Belgium midfielder Amadou Onana told what he expects from the match of his national team against Ukraine in the 3rd round of the group stage of Euro 2024, which will be held today in Stuttgart.
"At a tournament like this, every match is a difficult one. All teams are here for a reason. The Ukraine national team naturally has a lot of strong attacking qualities and they are strong physically. We have to pay attention to this.
As for the options of the outcome of the fight in the group, I do not think that someone in our team is calculating them. We still want to finish the group stage in first place in the group. But, of course, the most important goal for us is to reach the 1/8 finals.
Vitali Mikolenko (Onana's partner at Everton - ed.) is my good friend, but in this match I want to win. And, of course, I will strive to win any single fight with him.
The war in Ukraine? It's certainly something terrible. I want to express my condolences to all Ukrainians. But during the match I will think only about the game," Onana said during the pre-match press conference.