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Today, on 26 May, the U-17 youth team (players not older than 2007) will play their third match at the European Championship. The match against Cyprus will start at 20:30.

Unfortunately, after two defeats to Serbia (0: 1) and the Czech Republic (1-3), Yuriy Moroz's team lost their chances to advance from the group to the quarter-finals, so the match with the hosts, who have not yet won any points, will be all about prestige. To take third place in the quartet, the Blue and Yellows, given the difference in goals scored and conceded, will be satisfied with a draw, but the coaching staff and team are setting themselves up for the maximum result.

- "We have to go out and win every game," said our head coach Yuriy Moroz, "As for the squad for the match against Cyprus, we will look at the players' condition and think about how to make sure we have a combat-ready team for this match.

We would like to add that the Ukraine vs Cyprus match will take place in Larnaca. The game will be broadcast on the Suspilne Sport TV channel and the Suspilne Sport YouTube channel.

Well-known journalist Serhiy Tyshchenko briefly commented on the result of the match between Rukh and Dynamo in the 30th round of the Ukrainian championship (1-2).

"I'm sure that Hryhoriy Kozlovsky, with his great opportunities, could have helped Rukh reach the European Cups. But the team played honestly, everything was decided on the football field. None of the opponents played any tricks against Rukh. An unmotivated Dynamo without national team players tripped up the Lviv team. No one worked with the referees. I don't remember any loyal refereeing in Rukh's favour during the championship, especially at the end.

The owners of Dynamo and Rukh have a good relationship. If they wanted, they could have easily agreed on a draw. No one would have said anything. But we live in a time when everything has to change, when we have to be honest. It is not enough to sing the anthem or go to matches with a flag.

The point is very simple: only in a real struggle, only by overcoming difficulties, do footballers become footballers, only in harsh conditions do boys become men. If you really want to develop, sell players, and be successful, it makes no sense to get help from the outside. It will all backfire later.

On the other hand, we see the example of Polissia. In the first part of the season, they had the most loyal refereeing in the league. The matches against MX-1925 and Obolon became scandalous. At the end of the championship, the away victory over bronze medallist Kryvbas and the home win over champion Shakhtar (who lost for the first time in the second part of the season) look a little strange, to put it mildly. After all, before that, they had failed to beat Zorya with a majority, and they had failed to overcome the worst team in the UPL, MX-1925. European Cups as an end in itself. Or I see a goal, but I don't see any obstacles..." Serhii wrote on Telegram.

On May 25 the match of the last 30th round of the Ukrainian championship 2023/24 between the teams of "Rukh" and "Dynamo" took place. The game ended with the score 2:1 in favour of the capital club.

Because of this defeat Lviv team did not get into the European Cup zone, taking the final 6th place in the table of the Ukrainian championship.

The camera lens caught the emotions of Rukh president Hryhoriy Kozlovskiy after the final whistle, who simply did not have his face on because of the unfortunate fiasco.

Germany goalkeeper Kevin Trapp was not included in the preliminary national team squad for Euro 2024.

Eintracht Frankfurt, the club Trapp plays for, believes that the reason for the decline in their star goalkeeper Kevin Trapp's performance is his "sex-obsessed" fiancée Isabelle Gular.

According to the Daily Mail, citing Bild, Trapp, who played a key role in Eintracht's Europa League triumph in 2022, was accused in training of stopping "diving" for the ball every time he took a shot from close range.

Gular is allegedly having a negative impact on his career. According to insiders, the 39-year-old supermodel even tells her fiancé how he should get out of the car at public events so that they can take the best photos together.

Originally from Brazil, Goulard is best known for being one of the Victoria's Secret Angels from 2005 to 2008. She has also worked with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Armani Exchange. Trapp and Gular have been engaged since 2018 but have not yet tied the knot.

At the beginning of their relationship, when Trapp was playing for PSG, Goulard spoke about their sex life, saying that strict rules were set in case his team was defeated.

"Kevin and I make love a lot - four or five times a week. But if he loses an important game, I can put on make-up, wear my best lingerie, and we still won't have sex," she admitted.

President of Polissia Gennady Butkevich announced that the club has already completed transfers of three players.

"Hutsulyak was bought for 600 thousand euros, Beskorovainyi for 600 thousand, Babenko for free," journalist Volodymyr Zverov quoted Butkevych on his Telegram channel.

Earlier, there was information that Dynamo Kyiv was also interested in Hutsulyak.

In the match of the 30th round of the UPL championship Obolon lost to Alexandria at home - 0:3 and now they have transition matches ahead of them to keep their place in the elite. Head coach of "brewers" Valeriy Ivashchenko commented on yesterday's game with "city dwellers":

"Once again you are convinced that you should not look for logic in football. In the reported confrontation we controlled the ball more often, created more chances, but unlike us, all three shots of Alexandrians in the goal were effective. It happens in football, when the opponent's greater experience affects.

Although everything could have turned out differently, if in the middle of the first half, when the score was still tied, the referee awarded an obvious penalty for the hand play of the guests' defender in the penalty area. For some reason, the VAR referee did not prompt him to pay attention to this offence either.

This is not the first time when, in my opinion, Obolon suffers from biased referees and I do not know how to deal with this problem.

Still, the main thing is that despite the defeat Obolon avoided a direct departure from the elite. Now it is important to recover as quickly as possible, because next Wednesday the Brewers will meet in the first transition game with Leviy Bereg, who finished third in the First League. Obolon have personnel problems, but I hope they will not be decisive," Ivashchenko said.

Famous journalist Fabrizio Romano has confirmed that PSG are set to acquire goalkeeper Matvey Safonov from Russian side Krasnodar.

"Paris Saint-Germain is close to signing an agreement with Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov of Krasnodar! Negotiations are in the final stages for a package of 20 million euros, including additional options. The last details are to be agreed and then the deal will be signed," Romano wrote on his Twitter page.

French side Paris Saint-Germain won the French Cup. In the final match, Luis Enrique's men defeated Lyon 2-1.

French Cup final

"LYON - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN - 1: 2 (0: 2)

Goals: O'Brien (55) - Dembele (22), Ruiz (34)

Thus, this Cup became the 15th in the history of Paris Saint-Germain. The Parisians are the leader in the number of French Cups won. We would like to add that this match was the last for striker Kylian Mbappe, who will move to a new club in the summer.

President of Polissia Gennadiy Butkevych announced the appointment of Imad Ashour as the team's new head coach.

According to journalist Volodymyr Zverov on his telegram channel, today during a meeting with journalists, the president of Polissia announced that Imad Ashour had been appointed as the team's new coach.

We would like to add that Ashur was previously the head of the Dnipro-1 U-19 team.

Manchester City head coach Josep Guardiola commented on his side's 1-2 defeat to Manchester United in the FA Cup final.

"It was a tense game. We have to give credit to Manchester United for the second goal and the quality they show. They defended very well and switched from defence to attack.

We are disappointed. It's normal for a team to lose in the final, but this season has been extraordinary. We fought hard for all the trophies. Now we need to rest and come back," Guardiola was quoted as saying by Sky Sports.

Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Oleksandr Karavayev commented on the victory over Rukh in the 30th round of the Ukrainian championship.

"How would I rate Dynamo for this season? If out of 10, I think it would be about 8. We were a little bit short. I believe that we played very well in the spring part, we could have done even better, but it would have been great. It's okay, we'll draw conclusions and prepare for the new season with renewed vigour," Karavaev said on Profutbol Digital.