Vitaliy Mikolenko: "I really wanted to play at this Euro 2024, it was my dream"

Ukraine national team defender Vitaliy Mykolenko said that he is ready to play in the upcoming Euro 2024 match against Belgium.

"My injury? Everything is fine. I am working at full strength. I have played many times in different positions in such systems. If the coach says it's necessary to play like this, I'll give one hundred percent.

With injuries, it was probably harder to cope psychologically, because I was going to this tournament for a very long time. We started qualifying in March last year, and I played in all the matches, if I'm not mistaken. I really wanted to play at this Euro, it was my dream. I recovered from the first injury, but then right before the Euros I got a second one, which knocked me out a little bit.

Belgium is definitely a top team, but we can beat them. I've been in the national team for five and a half years, and in that time we've had strong matches against many top opponents. We beat Spain and Portugal, we drew with England, Italy and France," Mikolenko said in a commentary on the official UEFA website.