Midfielder of the Ukrainian youth national team (U-20) Hennadii Synchuk, who will not play in the decisive match of the group stage at the World Cup 2025 due to accumulating yellow cards in the match against Panama.
«We gathered here, at such tournaments, to play football, not to lie around and waste time. We came to play football, to show our class, not to play such a game.»
«A warning? I asked the referee why the yellow card, he said that I did not hit the opponent, did not make any movements. This is such a team, Panama, that they play unpleasantly: a Panamanian player just ran into me and walked away to waste time. As far as I know, after VAR they cannot give a yellow card. I was told that the referee first forgot to show me the yellow card. I don’t know, I’m not the referee, he knows better,» Synchuk explained.
