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News from the camp of Ukraine's rival in the Euro-2024 group. Yesterday, June 8, the national team of Belgium held its second and final friendly match in preparation for the European Championship (in the first sparring Belgian national team with a score of 2:0 beat Montenegro). The opponent of the "Red Devils" was the national team of Luxembourg.

Friendly match

BELGIUM - LUXEMBOURG - 3:0 (1:0)
Goals: Lukaku (42 pen., 57), Trossard (81)

Belgium: Castels, Castaigne (Bakayoko, 65), Meunier (de Keiper, 16), Fas, Witsel (Vranckx, 46), de Bruyne (de Ketelare, 73), Mangala, Onana (Debast, 65), Trossard, Lukaku, Doku (Carrasco, 65).

Recall, at Euro 2024 the Belgian national team will start with a match against Slovakia, and with the national team of Ukraine it will play in the final, the third round of the group stage.

The Ukrainian national team continues to prepare for Euro 2024. The next day after the match is a recovery day for the starting lineup and a decent physical workout for those who did not play or came on as substitutes. It was on this principle that yesterday's training day of the national team of Ukraine was organized, which was preceded by a friendly match with Poland (1-3).

Interestingly, three players of the "basis" of sparring with the Poles - Andriy Yarmolenko, Serhiy Sydorchuk and Oleksandr Tymchyk - preferred recovery exercises on the field: the guys jogged and stretched, watching the actions of their teammates. Georgiy Bushchan, on the other hand, had a full training session - both in the goalkeeper's trio and during the game series.

Meanwhile, after a short run and warm-up, the main group of players practiced holding the ball in the squares and had a full game training session. During the session, there were series with tactical tasks, as well as high-speed strength work in stations with final shots.

Today is the final day of our national team's training camp in Warsaw, and on June 10 the delegation will fly to Chisinau, where on June 11 the "blue and yellows" will play the last friendly match before the start of Euro 2024 - against the national team of Moldova (the meeting starts at 19:00 Kyiv time).

The next day, June 12, the Ukrainian national team will arrive at the place of permanent deployment for Euro 2024 - the city of Wiesbaden.

On Saturday, June 8, the Ukrainian Olympic team continued its performance at the Tournoi Maurice Revello international tournament in France with a match against Panama. Earlier, Ruslan Rotan's wards defeated Indonesia (3: 0) and Italy (4: 0). Now the "blue and yellows" faced the Panama team. The match took place in the city of Fos-sur-Mer.

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English soccer giants Manchester United and Liverpool will compete for the leader of Italian Atalanta, Tutto Atalanta reports.

According to the source, both teams are serious about acquiring Kopmeiners and have prepared a €70 million bid for him. Atalanta bosses are currently considering these offers.

It should be added that Tjon Kopmeijers' current agreement with Atalanta is valid until the summer of 2027.

Bayern Munich has appointed a new head coach, Vincent Kompany. Under his leadership, the club is preparing large-scale changes in the squad.

According to Florian Plettenberg, Bayern Munich has compiled a list of six players who may leave the club in the summer. The list includes Matthijs de Ligt, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry, and Noussair Mazraoui.

"Bayern has not yet received any official offers, but if they do, the club will definitely consider them.

"Manchester City announced on its official website that it has extended the contract with its backup goalkeeper Stefan Ortega. The new agreement of the German goalkeeper is valid until the end of the 2025/26 season.

"I am delighted to stay at Manchester City for a longer period. This is a football club that provides players with everything they need to be the best they can be. Every day I feel motivated and challenged and since I came here two years ago, I have improved as a goalkeeper.

My family has really settled down here in England and I love it here. Signing this contract means I can now focus 100% on next season," Ortega was quoted as saying by ESPN.

Former Ukraine midfielder Eduard Tsykhmeystruk shared his impressions of the Ukrainian national team's performance in yesterday's match against Poland (1-3).

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Toni Kroos has decided to retire from Real Madrid after the Champions League final victory over Borussia Dortmund, leaving a great legacy that he cites as the main reason for his retirement.

"I want Real Madrid fans to remember me as the 34-year-old Toni Kroos who had the best season at Real Madrid. I take it as a compliment that many people think it's too early for me to retire from football," Marca quoted Kroos as saying.

It should be noted that the German midfielder helped the "creamy" to win the Spanish title, the Champions League and the Spanish Super Cup. Last season, he played 48 matches, scored one goal and made ten assists.

Chornomorets goalkeeping coach Andrii Glushchenko commented on Maksym Bragar's transfer to Dynamo Kyiv and told what the parting words of the Odesa coaching staff were:

- "I can't say that everyone gathered and proclaimed parting words. On my own behalf, I can only be happy for Max. He is a great footballer and, what is very important, a great person. I want him to succeed in everything. He is a really talented guy. I think you've noticed that we have few players in Ukraine who can take the ball near their own goal and dribble across the field. Bragaru can do that.

Nowadays, football is about schemes, tactics, and teamwork. But there is a lack of individually bright players. Previously, if you didn't know how to beat one or two people, you wouldn't be selected for the team. And now, when we see this, we are even surprised: "Wow! He can play one-on-one!" We got used to it - pass, pass, pass. Bragar's transfer to Dynamo is a source of pride for our team. I wish him all the best.

Will he "pull" the level of Dynamo's main team? Time will tell. What will be the tactical schemes, what position will be entrusted to him. Max hasn't played in goal with us, although Roman Yosypovych promised to put him there because he is the best with his feet (smiles). I think Bragaru will benefit Dynamo. And everything else depends on him.

The press service of the French national team has published the final application of the national team for the 2024 European Championship, which will begin on June 14.

Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola (West Ham), Mick Mignolet (AC Milan), Brice Samba (Lens).

Defenders: Jules Kunde (Barcelona), Jonathan Clos (Marseille), Benjamin Pavard (Inter), Ibrahim Konate (Liverpool), William Saliba (Arsenal), Deotsankul Yupamekano (Bayern Munich), Theo Hernandez (Milan), Ferlan Mendy (Real Madrid).

Midfielders: Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus), Warren Zaire-Emery (PSG), Aurélien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico), N'Golo Kante (Al Ittihad), Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid).

Forwards: Bradley Barcola (PSG), Ousmane Dembele (PSG), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles), Randal Kolo Mouani (PSG), Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid), Marcus Turam (Inter Milan).

Kyiv Dynamo continues to work on the realization of the transfer of Colombian defender of Brazilian Fortaleza Bryan Ceballos.

According to the information, which was aired on the Youtube channel "TaToTake", the clubs have already agreed all the details of the 22-year-old footballer's transfer, and now Kyiv managed to reach an agreement with Seballos himself. The latter is not yet ready to agree to move to Ukraine in the current realities.

Recall, Seballos' basic position is a central defender. At the moment, he is on loan at home for Atletico Junior.

Dynamo Kyiv striker Vladislav Vanat is in the sphere of interest of Italian Napoli, Salciomercato reports.

According to the source, the Neapolitan club has been following the 22-year-old player for "some time".

We will remind, in the completed championship of Ukraine season-2023/24 Vanat became the top scorer of the tournament, scoring 14 goals.