The day before, football blogger Igor Tsyganik said in his author's program that during the September matches of the Ukrainian national team there was a conflict between midfielders Mykola Shaparenko and Mykhailo Mudryk. The reason was the 10th number on the shirt.
According to Champion, citing sources close to the national team, the information about the conflict between Mudryk and Shaparenko is not true. There was no conflict between the players over the 10th jersey number, they got along well.
It should be noted that Shaparenko first wore the number 10 shirt during a friendly match against France (1-7) in October 2020. After that, the Dynamo midfielder also played under the number ten at Euro 2020, and later, when he was injured, Mudryk got the shirt with his number. Shaparenko has recently, in particular at Euro 2024, played with the 19th on his back. In the recent Nations League match against Albania (1-2), the number 10 went back to Shaparenko, as Mudryk was unable to play due to injury. And in the next match against the Czech Republic (2-3), both players were on the field, but Mudryk played at number 20.