Chairman of the Committee of National Teams Miron Markevich congratulated the youth national team of Ukraine U-19 with entering the semifinal of the European Championship.

Ukrainian team U-19 under the leadership of Alexander Petrakova won the bronze medals of the European Championship and won a ticket to the final part of the World Cup, which will be held next year in neighboring Poland.

"I want to congratulate the team, the coaching staff and the attendants with entering the semi-finals of the European Championship, as well as getting a ticket to the World Cup. In our hard time, this result is worth a lot. Team coach Alexander Petrakov managed to create in his team a wonderful microclimate, which helped the Euro to demonstrate high-quality football, "Markevych quotes the official website of FFU.

"In this team there are individually strong players. I just want to wish the children not to stop, because soon they can become footballers not only "youth", but also the main team of the country ".