Maksym Melnychenko, captain of the Ukraine U-19 national team, commented on the draw of the Blue and Yellows in the match against the host of Euro 2024 (U-19), Northern Ireland (0: 0), in the first round of the group round of the competition.
"Of course, we wanted to win, the first game. We lost two important points. But there are two more games to go, so we will work to get out of the group.
Physically, we were well prepared, we had a good training camp and it paid off. We controlled the game, had more possession, but unfortunately, we didn't score our chances.
It was very nice to hear our Ukrainian fans today, we thank them for their support in such a match," Melnychenko was quoted as saying by the UAF telegram channel.