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As expected, former Ukraine national team midfielder Yevhen Konoplyanka has indeed finished his professional career and is already engaged in the agency business in tandem with another ex-player of the Ukrainian national team, Roman Zozulya. This was reported by Viktor Vatsko, a well-known Ukrainian commentator.

"Recently I have received some unexpected confirmations that Konoplyanka and Zozulya are already engaged in the agency business in tandem. They communicate both with young footballers and with ready status (by Ukrainian standards).

Now we are talking only about the birth of such a tandem and there is a lot of work ahead. But it can be a big plus for Ukrainian football, because Konoplyanka and Zozulya spent part of their careers in Europe and should form a sufficient number of football contacts there," Vatsko said in his author's programme "Vatsko Live".

News from the camp of Ukraine's rival in the Euro 2024 group. In the national team of Belgium with a high probability in the near future will come clarity about who will be the main goalkeeper of this team at the European Championship.

Initially "number one" in the Belgian national team was Thibaut Courtois from Real Madrid, but he has a conflict with head coach Domenico Tedesco, and the goalkeeper has already stated that at Euro-2024 he will not play in any case, even if he has time to recover from surgery on the meniscus (last week Courtois returned to training, but is still working individually).

Courtois' replacement in the Euro-2024 qualifying cycle ended up being German Wolfsburg goalkeeper Kun Castells, who in early March suffered a rather serious shoulder injury, because of which his participation in Euro-2024 was in serious doubt. However, last Monday the 31-year-old goalkeeper started individual training. Moreover, according to German media, Castells may start working in the general group by the end of this week. In any case, his prospects of playing at Euro 2024 are now assessed as absolutely real.

If Castells still does not have time to fully recover and gain the necessary conditioning by the start of the European Championship, the gates of the national team of Belgium at the tournament will be defended by the third goalkeeper of the team - Matz Sels from English Nottingham Forest, who played in March friendlies with Ireland (0:0) and England (2:2).

Ex-goalkeeper of London Arsenal David Seaman, commenting on the defeat of his former team from Aston Villa (0:2) in the next round of the championship of England, criticised the game in defence of the Ukrainian legionnaire of the "canoniers" Oleksandr Zinchenko.

"If we talk about Zinchenko as a left-back, I know that he likes to play in the centre of the field. But at the same time, he occasionally gives the ball to the opponent in really important positions. In the match against Aston Villa he made such a mistake a couple of times again. And that annoys everyone.

Overall, the defeat to Aston Villa is frustrating, of course, because Arsenal had a great chance to really improve their league position. But it's just one game, so we have to think about the next matches. We have a very important game against Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals. If we don't do well in that game, then the next game - against Wolverhampton - could be difficult," Seaman said on the Seaman Says podcast.

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The absence of Polesya's defender Artem Shabanov from the last two rounds of the Ukrainian championship was caused by a viral infection.

The stopper has a high fever and it is difficult to say whether he will be back in action before the next match of his team - with Dynamo Kyiv, which will be held next Sunday, 21 April.

Dynamo Kyiv defender Kostiantyn Vivcharenko answered questions from fans on the VDYNAMO YouTube channel. Here is the most interesting part of the conversation.

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"Roma have released an official statement on the health of centre-back Evan Ndik, who fell ill during the Italian league match against Udinese. In the 71st minute of the game, the Ivorian footballer fell on the field and grabbed his chest.

According to the club, Ndika underwent a medical examination and there is no threat to his life. He is feeling well and will return to Rome soon. According to preliminary medical reports, the footballer suffered a tachycardia attack.

After the 33rd round, the leader in the English Premier League changed again. "Arsenal and Liverpool lost their matches at the same time, allowing Manchester City to take the top spot in the standings with six matches to go.

"Now I can imagine Guardiola. He has just opened a beautiful bottle of red Spanish wine, pulled out a cigar and is listening to Wonderwall. He can't believe it," Sky Sports quoted Jamie Redknapp as saying.

Matches of the 31st round of the Spanish championship took place. The matches were held from 12 April to 15 April. Here are their results.

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Matches of the 33rd round of the English championship took place. The matches were held from 13 April to 15 April. Here are their results.

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On 15 April, one of the matches of the 33rd round of the English football championship took place. Chelsea (London) and Everton (Liverpool) met.

English Championship, 33rd round

Chelsea (London) - Everton (Liverpool) - 6:0 ( 4:0)
Goals: Palmer (13), Palmer (18), Palmer (29), N. Jackson (44), Palmer (64), A. Gilchrist (90).

Warnings: J. Garner (28), Young (36), Mudrick (40), J. Tarkowski (52), M. Keane (66)

Chelsea vs Everton match review:

In a thrilling Premier League match between Chelsea and Everton at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea came away with an emphatic 6-0 win, while Everton couldn't keep their feet on the ground. Chelsea dominated the first half with young talent K Palmer leading the way. Palmer opened the scoring in the 13th minute with a clinical strike and then added another goal just five minutes later in the 18th minute. Everton player J. Garner received a yellow card in the 28th minute, followed by another Palmer goal in the 29th minute. As tension mounted, Everton's A. Young and Chelsea's M. Mudrick received yellow cards before N. Jackson scored an impressive goal in the 44th minute, making the score 4-0 in Chelsea's favour at half-time.

Chelsea continued to dominate the second half, with Palmer earning a penalty in the 64th minute and converted it, making it his hat-trick. Everton's frustration boiled over as J. Tarkowski and M. Keane received yellow cards in the 52nd and 66th minutes respectively. After that Chelsea made a number of substitutions: N. Madueke, B. Chilwell, K. Casadei, M. Gusto and David Washington took the field. The match ended well for Chelsea: A. Gilchrist scored in the 90th minute, formalising a confident 6-0 victory. Everton tried to save their pride with late substitutions, releasing J. Harrison, A. Gomez, N. Patterson and B. Godfrey on the field. Godfrey, but it was too little and too late - "Chelsea" came out an absolute winner. On the whole, Chelsea showed their skill in attack and reliability in defence. Everton will need to regroup and come back stronger in their next match, while Chelsea will be encouraged by this impressive performance to continue their quest for Premier League success.

The following matches await the rivals in the next round: Brighton vs Chelsea, Everton vs Nottingham Forest.

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Matches of the 32nd round of the Italian championship took place. The matches took place from 12 April to 15 April. Here are their results.

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Captain of Luhansk Zorya Bohdan Butko summarised the results of his team's match with Chornomorets Odessa (1:0) in the 24th round of the Ukrainian championship.

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