Midfielder of the Ukrainian national team U-19 Alexei Hakhlev commented on the defeat of Portugal in the semi-final of Euro-2018.
The youth team of Ukraine, consisting of players with the age of less than 19 years, more than confidently passed the group stage of the European Championship-2018, but the completely disastrous first half with Portugal became fundamental for the general failure at the play-off stage.
"Thanks for the incredible support! No words can describe what happened today on the football field. We desperately wanted to play in the finals and each of us gave all the power to make this a reality, but that's history. I want to apologize to all the Ukrainian people for this unsuccessful result. Thank you once again for being near and sick - it was great! ", - wrote Hakhlev in Facebook.