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Ukraine forward Artem Dovbyk assessed the chances of our national team at the upcoming European Championship.

"Anything is possible at Euro 2024. The main thing is to be in optimal shape, that all the players were ready. We have a very young and promising team. If everyone is ready, this team can make a lot of noise at the tournament. However, it should be understood that if we leave the group and get to France, England... they are the favourites of the tournament. All matches will be important and very difficult. All the teams have learnt to play, and most importantly, to defend," Dovbyk was quoted as saying by Vzbirna.

As previously reported, on Friday, Dynamo U-19 beat Shakhtar U-19 2-1 in the match of the 28th round of the Ukrainian Youth Championship. Here is a video review of the match.

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Girona forward Artem Dovbyk has assessed his chances of becoming the season's top scorer in the Spanish league.

"There are still four rounds left. Everything is possible. But you don't have to think about it, because it can work against you. If you think about goals, it won't work.

I have already had such an experience. I didn't score for about seven games and everyone said that's it, he's already scored enough. I know that if you work hard, you will get your reward on the football field. Then everything will be easy.

The main thing is to prepare for the game and be physically fit. Everything is changing so fast. Bellingham, Lewandowski and Serlot are the main competitors. There's no need to relax," Dovbyk was quoted as saying by the Vzbirna telegram channel.

In the key match of the U-19 Championship, Dynamo played away to the tournament leader Shakhtar. Before the reporting game, our opponent had a one-point advantage, so Kyiv only needed a victory to take first place.

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Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti plans that goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois will play from the first minute in the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund.

According to Spanish publication Relevo, Ancelotti is favouring Courtois in the decisive match of the season at Wembley. Despite the fact that the Belgian goalkeeper has only recently played his first game this season after a long recovery from two injuries, the Italian coach plans to release him from the first minutes of the match against Borussia.

Ancelotti believes that with Courtois in the starting line-up, Real Madrid will have a much better chance of winning, as the Belgian "plays much calmer" than Lunin.

Recall, Andriy Lunin has played in almost all matches this season, winning the competition with Kepa Arrizabalaga. It was the marvellous game of the Ukrainian in goal that allowed Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final.

The 28th round of the Ukrainian league will be focused on the clash between leader Shakhtar and its closest pursuer Dynamo. Taras Mykhalyk, a former player of the Ukrainian national team and Dynamo Kyiv, shared his expectations of tomorrow's clash between the giants of Ukrainian football:

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Former Ukraine defender Artem Fedetskyi announced the creation of an amateur team.

"Friends, I'm sharing the news. I would like to announce the creation of a cool charity project, within which, together with friends and like-minded people, we are creating an amateur team!

One of the main goals of our project is the psychological and physical recovery of our veterans, combatants and the involvement of our heroes in the training process and matches.

"Carpathian Bears. Created to help," Fedetsky wrote on his Instagram page.

Bayer Leverkusen head coach Xabi Alonso commented on reaching the Europa League final after the 2-2 draw in the second leg of the semi-final against Roma.

"I realised that it would be difficult in the match in Rome. Losing by two goals, we must not forget about what we created, and I liked the reaction. Last year we were close to the final, and this year we managed to get there. The Italians are waiting for us again in the final.

"Atalanta have been working with Gasperini for many years and they are a well-trained team: it will be interesting to challenge them," TuttoMercato quoted Alonso as saying.

The head coach of the first-league Khust Volodymyr Tsytkin spoke about the situation with his team's player Mykola Syrach, who was taken away from the station by representatives of the TCC and is now out of contact.

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Famous British commentator Richard Keys is pleased that recently the head coach of London Arsenal Mikel Arteta stopped bringing Ukrainian defender Oleksandr Zinchenko into the main squad of his team.

"Thank God, Arteta's obsession with Zinchenko in that pointless role of inverted wing-back seems to be over.

I wonder, if Arsenal fail to become champions, will Arteta berate himself for playing the wrong team in key matches, such as against Aston Villa?

Playing Zinchenko meant anchoring Rice and giving Havertz a different role. But it didn't work. It doesn't work. Havertz is an "eight and a half" or even a "nine". By the way, do Arsenal really need a true "nine"? After all, the team has scored the most goals in the current APL," - quotes Keys hitc.com.

In an interview with the UPL TV telegram channel, former Dynamo Kyiv coach Jozsef Szabo shared his expectations for his former team's match against Shakhtar Donetsk in the 28th round of the Ukrainian championship to be held tomorrow in Lviv.

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Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer spoke about his mistake in the episode with Real Madrid's first goal (1-2) in the Champions League semi-finals.

"Everyone who has ever played football knows how I feel now. I have to be honest and say that I expected the ball to go in a slightly different direction, more towards my chest. I didn't expect it to bounce off the turf like that. That made it hard for me to control it. Then Joselu got to the ball faster and it was hard to stop. It was brutal.

We have made a step towards London, we have already seen ourselves in the final. I'm just speechless," Noer told DAZN.