Famous commentator Ihor Tsyhanik told a story about how the players of the Ukrainian national team could not share a jersey number.
Ihor Tsyhanyk"Imagine, after the failed Nations League match against Albania, the national team players could not share the number under which they would play the next game. Is this normal? Can this happen? How can you say that these players should think first and foremost about what they should play on the football field?
There was a situation. At one time, Shaparenko was injured and unable to participate in the qualifying matches for Euro 2024, Mudryk came and was given the number 10, under which Shaparenko had previously played. Shaparenko played under a different number even at Euro 2024, because he believed that it was fair that a player who started the qualifying stage should play under this number at the European Championship.
The European Championship ended, Shaparenko came and got his number 10 back. Mudryk missed the first game against Albania and during the break between the two matches, Mudryk's entourage began calling the national team headquarters to get Mudryk's number 10 back, otherwise it might not be very good, let's just say. Mudryk himself also insisted that it would be better for him to play under the number 10.
It's good that Yarmolenko took the matter into his own hands and said that Shaparenko would have the number 10. Because Shaparenko had played under the number 10 before, he scored against France under the number 10, he is older, he deserved this number 10, and he played in the first match under this number 10. As a result, Mudryk came out at number 20, but he was already unhappy.
Nothing would have happened if this team was actually taking out everyone in one game. If it was, but it's not. I'm surprised that the whole country is crying after the defeat by Albania, and the players can't share and understand what they are thinking about. It's not right," the FootballHub telegram channel quoted Tsyganik as saying.
