Andriy Shevchenko: "I hope the Olympic team shows the same quality in their next match"

UAF President Andriy Shevchenko comments on Ukraine's Olympic team victory over Morocco.

On July 27, the Ukrainian Olympic team secured a crucial 2:1 victory over Morocco in their second group-stage match of the 2024 Games football tournament. UAF President Andriy Shevchenko shared his thoughts on the game.

"We achieved a very important victory. For the first time in history! We played with ten men against a very strong opponent. So today, I have very positive emotions. I hope the team will show the same quality of football in the next match. We will do everything we can to keep the team motivated, to step onto the pitch, and play for Ukraine.

We need to forget the first match against Iraq and put it aside. It’s great that the players made the right conclusions from that game. They need to bring the same mindset to the next match. Because today, there was the right attitude, fighting spirit, and the desire to win. That’s why we won."

Olympics 2024. Men's Football Tournament. Group B

Standings

 

Team

M

W

D

L

GD

P

1

Argentina

2

1

0

1

4—3

3

2

Morocco

2

1

0

1

3—3

3

3

Ukraine

2

1

0

1

3—3

3

4

Iraq

2

1

0

1

3—4

3

July 30, 2024

Ukraine vs Argentina (18:00, Lyon)

Morocco vs Iraq (18:00, Nice)

All match times are in Kyiv time.

Official Roster of Ukraine's Olympic Football Team for the 2024 Games

Goalkeepers

 1. Heorhiy Yermakov 28.03.2002  Oleksandriya
 12. Kiril Fesyun 07.08.2002 Shakhtar Donetsk
 22. Yakiv Kinareykin 22.10.2003 Dnipro 1

Defenders

 2. Illia Krupskyi 02.10.2004  Vorskla Poltava
 3. Oleksandr Martynyuk 25.11.2001 Oleksandriya
 4. Maksym Talovierov 28.06.2000 LASK, Austria
 6. Oleksiy Sych 01.04.2001 Rukh Lviv
 13. Volodymyr Salyuk 25.06.2002 Chornomorets Odesa
 16. Arseniy Batagov 05.03.2002 Zorya Luhansk
 19. Yevhen Pavlyuk 18.08.2002  Vorskla Poltava

Midfielders

 5. Valentyn Rubchynskyi 15.02.2002  Dynamo Kyiv
 7. Oleh Ocheretko 25.05.2003 Shakhtar Donetsk
 8. Mykola Mykhailenko  22.05.2001 Dynamo Kyiv
 10. Maksym Bragaru 21.07.2002  Dynamo Kyiv
 11. Maksym Khlan 27.01.2003  Lechia, Poland
 15. Vladyslav Veleten 01.10.2002  Kolos Kovalivka
 17. Oleh Fedor 23.07.2004 Rukh Lviv
 18. Dmytro Kryskiv 06.10.2000  Shakhtar Donetsk
 20. Kyrylo Siheiev 18.08.2002 Shakhtar Donetsk
 21. Artem Shulyanskyi 11.04.2001  Oleksandriya

Forwards

 9. Ihor Krasnopir 01.12.2002 Rukh Lviv
 14. Danylo Sikan 16.04.2001 Shakhtar Donetsk

The list includes 22 players, with four reserved spots.

According to the regulations, players born after January 1, 2001, are eligible to participate. Additionally, each team can include three players who are older than this age.

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