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The midfielder of Kyiv "Dynamo" Vitaliy Buyalsky expressed his opinion about the fight for gold medals in the Ukrainian championship.

"Is the championship fight already decided? I haven't looked at the standings and I don't read news about who is saying what. My task and the team's task is to approach each game as a final - to win and take three points. If we win every match - there will be no questions," said Buyalsky on the show "ProFootball Digital".

Last weekend was very successful for Ukrainian legionnaires playing in foreign championships.

As previously reported, forward Roman Yaremchuk scored a brace for Olympiacos in a match against Panathinaikos (4:2). Another striker of the national team of Ukraine, Artem Dovbik, scored the winning goal for Roma in the match against Lecce (1:0).

In addition, midfielder Oleksandr Zubkov of Trabzonspor registered a goal against Goztepe (1:1). Also, during the past weekend, defender Artem Smoliakov from Los Angeles and forward Bohdan V'yunnyk from Lechia made significant contributions.

Overall, last weekend, Ukrainian legionnaires scored a total of 6 goals.

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Kiev’s Dynamo defender Vladislav Dubinchak commented on the team’s victory over Rukh in the match of the 22nd round of the Ukrainian championship.

"Every game is hard because all teams prepare to the maximum against Dynamo; they want to show themselves. Rukh has changed their squad, their leaders have left, and it has become much harder for the team. I think they need to rebuild, and next year everything will be good for them.

Has Shakhtar lost chances for the championship? I wouldn’t say that someone has lost chances because there are still 8 matches left; nothing is decided yet. We will try to take the maximum, and we’ll see how it will turn out in the end,” said Dubinchak on the air of "Profootball Digital".

The young talents of “Barcelona”, Lamine Yamal and Gavi, are actively promoting the idea to the “blaugrana” bosses regarding the signing of Nico Williams from “Athletic”, reports El Nacional.

According to the source, Yamal and Gavi are once again urging the president of “Barcelona”, Joan Laporta, to sign the “Athletic” striker Nico Williams. Hansie Flick is also positively inclined toward this transfer. He believes that Nico Williams can add verticality and depth to the attack, as well as balance Yamal's work on the opposite flank.

It is worth noting that Nico Williams' clause amounts to 58 million euros. For “Barcelona,” this money is currently a problem, as the team is gradually trying to get out of debt.

The head coach of the Greek “Olympiacos” Jose Luis Mendilibar assessed the performance of the Ukrainian striker of his team Roman Yaremchuk, who in yesterday's match of the Greek championship against “Panathinaikos” (4:2) scored a brace.

“Yaremchuk is a player who has been working tirelessly since the beginning of the season, without expressing his opinion and not demanding anything, not raising his voice and not asking for anything beyond what he was given.

From this forward, we do not just get goals: Yaremchuk does much more on the field, and this was evident from his first goal in today's match. Someone might say it's the goalkeeper's fault, but if the forward doesn't run there trying to take the ball, that goal won't happen. We asked Yaremchuk to be aggressive and to pursue the opponent without the ball, and he showed that he can do it,” quotes Mendilibar's official site of “Olympiacos”.

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The head coach of Left Bank, Vitaliy Pervak, spoke about what he expects from his team’s match against Kyiv’s Dynamo in the 23rd round of the Ukrainian championship, which will take place this Sunday, April 6, in the capital.

«In the next round, we are expecting a very difficult match against Dynamo. If we play as freely as we did in the second half against Alexandria (0:1, 22nd round of the Ukrainian championship, — editor's note), then everything will be fine. It is important that the guys approach this match feeling liberated psychologically», — quotes Pervak’s words the official website of Left Bank.

After "Galatasaray" suffered a defeat to "Besiktas" (1:2) in the Turkish championship last Saturday, only five teams remain in Europe that are still undefeated in their national leagues for the 2024/25 season.

Currently, the teams that have not lost a match in European championships this season are: Kyiv's "Dynamo" (Ukraine), PSG (France), "Crvena Zvezda" (Serbia), "St. Joseph's" (Gibraltar), and "La Fiorita" (San Marino).

It should be noted that this statistics does not include championships that are held on a "spring-autumn" system and have started very recently.

«Bournemouth» is still trying to buy goalkeeper «Chelsea» Kepa Arrizabalaga, who is currently playing for the «Cherries» on loan, reports football insider Fabrizio Romano.

According to the source, «Bournemouth» is very pleased with Kepa and considers his performance this season excellent. After the season ends, «Bournemouth» will discuss a permanent transfer for Kepa, and «Chelsea» will be happy to get rid of the goalkeeper who is not part of the plans of the head coach of the «Blues» Enzo Maresca.

Details have emerged about the scandalous story concerning forward of Bayer Leverkusen Artem Stepano’s refusal to go to the Ukraine U-20 national team camp. Former journalist Igor Burbas shared this information.

“As far as I understand, Stepano had two motives. First: he said that he has already outgrown the level of this national team and asked to call him at least to U-21. From what I heard, Stepano had a conversation with Unai Melgosa (head coach of the Ukraine U-21 national team — ed. note) and he allegedly promised to involve him in the 'youth team.'

Then, an invitation for Stepano to the U-20 national team arrived at the Bayer office. As far as I understand, the player's response was this: I will not go to U-19 and U-20, call me at least to U-21. And in general, I do not feel comfortable with coaches Mykhailenko and Yezersky for U-19 and U-20, and I do not like them. So a 17-year-old person chooses which coach to go to,” Burbas said on his YouTube channel.

The famous Belarusian coach Oleg Dulub, known for working in Ukraine, expressed his opinion about some Ukrainian football players.

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The head coach of the Italian “Roma” Claudio Ranieri after the Saturday match against “Lecce” (1:0) in the Italian championship commented on the Ukrainian forward of his team Artem Dovbik, who in this match scored the winning goal.

— We must demand more from Dovbik in order to stimulate him. And we do this every day. Artem supports it.

I asked the guys to play to Dovbik just like they did today, because he is good when he receives the ball deep, but we do not always deliver him such passes. And I asked Dovbik to better time his runs to avoid being offside. We train all this comprehensively, and there is gradual progress with Dovbik.

Dovbik is a very sensitive boy, and these goals are beneficial for him. But I think this is still not the maximum of Dovbik. He has issues (with his knee, — ed. note), he has already scored several goals. He needs to be calmer, and it's not easy considering the known situation (presumably referring to the war, — ed. note). We must take this into account.

Once I told Dovbik: “Goals are important for you, but I want you to fight for every ball. Over time, you will fully reveal your potential,” said Ranieri after the match with “Lecce”.

Ukrainian forward of the Greek Olympiacos Roman Yaremchuk spoke after yesterday’s match against Panathinaikos (4:2) in the Greek Championship, in which he scored a double.

“Patience is important, but without honest work, this path is meaningless.

A big result comes when you give everything for your goal and are not afraid to work honestly, even when no one sees,” — wrote Yaremchuk on his Instagram page, attaching the photo above.

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