The Ukrainian defensive player spoke about the upcoming match against Belgium at Euro 2024.

The national team of Ukraine will hold its third and final match in the group stage of Euro 2024, in which Belgium will be the opponent.

The main player of the “blue and yellow” Taras Stepanenko shared his findings on the current situation and the reasons for the failure with the Romanians.

“This war has been pouring into Ukrainian football players for two years now, every day. Yesterday they dropped a bomb on Kharkov, killing people. And today we read news about it - yesterday, today, tomorrow. I don’t know how long this war will last. All graves mourn their friends, relatives, homeland in Ukraine. Today we think about our land, people, nation.

As for the match against Rumunia, it’s clear that we can talk about this, but in my opinion, they didn’t have the same team. There were more, as well as specialties on the field. In my opinion, at a tournament like the Euro, even the team can win a trophy, leave the group or get a result. This is most important.

There was another match against Slovakia, because the team was on the field, wanting to overcome, with heart, spirit, pure mind.

The match against Belgium will be a final for us. It will be a very difficult match. We prepared for this game the rest of the days with great respect and concentration. We'll see everything in this match.

I didn’t play with Slovachina, because it was the coach’s decision. We gratify against Belgium? I don’t know what the coach’s decision is. I'm just working on my job, giving my all for the team.. I’m ready to gratify, just like the boys’ decision,” said Taras Stepanenko at the hour of the press conference. The Ukraine-Belgium match will be held on Wednesday, the 26th, at about 19:00 Kyiv time.

Calendar of matches of the Ukrainian national team at the group stage of Euro 2024:.

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Slovakia - Ukraine 1:2 (21 rubles);

Ukraine – Belgium (26 chernyas).