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The day before the second match of Ukraine's U-21 national team at Euro 2025 against Finland, head coach Unai Melgosa gave a traditional press conference. "All of our players are healthy, they are all recovering."
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The day before the second match of Ukraine's U-21 team at Euro 2025 against Finland, head coach Unai Melgosa held a traditional press conference.
"All our players are healthy and recovering. Yes, we didn't have much time to recover, but all other teams are in the same situation. Even those who had minor injuries have fully recovered. There are no problems with that."
The upcoming game will be a tough one. Of course, it will be difficult, just like every match at Euro. It's important for us to manage our emotions. This is the lesson we learned from the previous match: if we're well-prepared and control our emotions — we can show good football.
Regarding Finland's team — it never gives up. They are very consistent in their actions, they put a lot of effort into every game without doubting themselves. The season is in full swing in Finland, so the players are in great physical shape. I like the mentality of the team, that they always play until the end, and they have high-quality players. For us, this will be a very serious opponent.
I know there are many fans from Finland here. Even my brother is coming from Finland because he lives there. I asked him to support Ukraine this time to help us. I'm sure the atmosphere will be fantastic. We've already played here in Košice, and there were a lot of Ukrainian supporters. This is a great atmosphere for such a tournament, and it will also be a very good experience for us — to play in a full stadium," noted Unai Melgosa.
Ukraine's U-21 squad for Euro 2025
Goalkeepers: 1. Ruslan Nescheret («Dynamo» Kyiv), 12. Georgiy Yermakov («Oleksandria»), 23. Vladyslav Krapivcov («Girona», Spain).
Defenders: 2. Konstantin Vycharenko, 4. Taras Mykhavko (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), 3. Illia Krups'kyi («Vorskla» Poltava). 5. Artem Smolyakov («Los Angeles», USA), 13. Volodymyr Saluk («Metalist 1925» Kharkiv), 14. Eduard Kozik («Kolos» Kovalyovka), 15. Vitaliy Roman («Ruh» Lviv), 16. Arseniy Batagov («Trabzonspor», Turkey).
Midfielders: 6. Volodymyr Brazyko, 9. Nazar Voloshyn, 21. Maxim Bragaru, 22. Valentyn Rubchyns'kyi (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), 7. Illia Kvasnytsya, 8. Oleh Ocheretko (both — «Karpaty» Lviv), 17. Yegor Yamoluk («Brentford», England), 18. Oleksandr Yasik («Zorya» Luhansk), 19. Anton Tserenko («Lechia», Poland), 20. Vladyslav Velentyn («Kolos» Kovalyovka).
Forwards: 10. Bohdan Vyunyk («Lechia», Poland), 11. Vladyslav Vanat («Dynamo» Kyiv).
Group D: Finland, Netherlands, Ukraine, Denmark.
June 12, 2025
Ukraine — Denmark — 2:3
Finland — Netherlands — 2:2
June 15, 2025
Finland — Ukraine (7:00 PM)
Netherlands — Denmark (10:00 PM)
June 18, 2025
Denmark — Finland (7:00 PM)
Netherlands — Ukraine (7:00 PM)
Tournament Table
|
|
Team |
M |
W |
D |
L |
Pts |
GF-GA |
|
1 |
Denmark |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3-2 |
3 |
|
2 |
Netherlands |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2-2 |
1 |
|
3 |
Finland |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2-2 |
1 |
|
4 |
Ukraine |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2-3 |
0 |
Quarter-finals
June 21, 2025
1. C1 — D2 (Žilina, 7:00 PM)
2. A1 — B2 (Trnava, 10:00 PM)
June 22, 2025
3. B1 — A2 (Dunajská Streda, 7:00 PM or 10:00 PM)
4. D1 — C2 (Prešov, 7:00 PM or 10:00 PM)
Semifinals
June 25, 2025
5. Winner 1 — winner 2 (Bratislava, 7:00 PM or 10:00 PM)
6. Winner 3 — winner 4 (Košice, 7:00 PM or 10:00 PM)
Final
June 28, 2025
Winner 5 — winner 6 (Bratislava, 10:00 PM)
All match times are in Kyiv time.
