Ukraine's midfielder Taras Stepanenko commented on the national team's disastrous performance at Euro 2024.
"We lacked a goal. In such matches, one goal decides everything. 4 points in the group is a good result, but the first game ruined everything.
I'm already tired of this bitter experience, because I've had so many of them... It is desirable that we draw conclusions and start playing for the next Euro from the first minutes, and not when we need to save ourselves. For some reason, we always do that.
Romania was more determined and played as a team. Usually we play like this against stronger opponents, when everyone works hard. Now it turned out that we did not work hard enough and were not the team we are used to seeing. This is one of the worst games for me for the national team. It's a shame that this bitter lesson happened at the last Euro for me," Stepanenko was quoted as saying by the Vzbirna telegram channel.