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Shakhtar Donetsk and Ukraine national team midfielder Taras Stepanenko spoke about how he managed to recover from injury and bring himself into optimal condition before Euro 2020.

" There were times when I thought that I would not go to the European Championship. After the winter training camp, we began to play in the Ukrainian league and European competitions on the fields of not the best quality. Due to this and heavy loads, it turned out that I have a knee problem.

To be honest, it was hard for me at first to accept. I started reading a lot about my injury, changing different training methods, tried a lot, including the latest medical developments.

For about a month and a half I was looking for a solution to the problem, and now I am very happy that everything worked out. Let's just say that the match with North Macedonia was my reward for my work over the past three months, "

As a reminder, today, on June 21, the Ukrainian national team will play the decisive match of the Euro 2020 group stage against Austria in Bucharest. The match kicks off at 19:00 Kyiv time. On Football. ua text online broadcast of the match will be available.