Olympic defender Igor Snurnitsin spoke about the performance in the youth team for Euro 2018.

"I missed, I try to switch to club work, catch up, because I missed some of the fees with the team. However, I can not say that I'm not ready now. After all, we did a lot of work with Alexander Petrakov in the junior team, we were preparing for this tournament, they were successful there, "- quotes Snurnitsyn official website of the Olympic.

"Evaluation of the performance of Ukraine's youth team for Euro-2018? Only positive. I think we did very well. I did not expect to break into the semifinals, but we could do better. Already after the first game, when we beat France, we realized that we can accomplish the task. There was confidence in their abilities "" Which match in the tournament was the best in the performance of the Ukrainian team? Opening match with France. He was the first in the tournament, we prepared well for him and showed good football. I think that in this match the picture of the game was the best in our performance ".

"The devastating defeat of Portugal in the semifinals? Perhaps the accumulated fatigue. Somewhere there was not enough strength. We carefully prepared for the game, dismantled the opponent, but the result was not achieved. Also, the Portuguese flew all that is possible. They realized all their moments ".

Recall that the winner of Euro-2018 was Portugal, who beat Italy in the finals.

"Portugal deservedly became the champion.

They have very good players. To me, they most liked the game Joao Felipe - an excellent striker ".

"Youth World Cup in Poland? To mundialya still a long time. It is necessary to work a lot at the club to get into the application for this tournament and again to represent its national team ".

"What is the strongest coaching feature of Alexander Petrakov?" He is a great motivator. Before each game he told us that we would go out to play for our relatives ".