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The leading Romanian publication Gazeta Sporturilor, paying attention to the recent friendly match between Poland and Ukraine (1:3), criticized Dynamo Kyiv goalkeeper Gheorghe Buschan, who defended the gates of the Blue-Yellows in this meeting, and made several ambiguous statements about his origin.

First of all, it should be noted that the publication was published with the title "Footballer of Romanian origin gives headaches to the head coach of the Ukrainian national team".

The material itself says, in particular, the following:

"Not only Romania had problems in the last friendly match before Euro 2024 with Liechtenstein (0:0), but also Ukraine, the first opponent of the Romanian national team at Euro 2024.

In the match against Poland, goalkeeper Georgi Buschan showed an unsure game, which surely made the head coach of the Ukraine national team Serhiy Rebrov think (about the choice of the main goalkeeper at the Euro - ed.).

The goalkeeper of Dynamo Kyiv with the Romanian name Gheorghe and with a surname derived from the Romanian surname Bushtian is one of the leaders of the national team of Ukraine. He was born in Odessa, home to a sizable Romanian community, which is the third ethnic group in Ukraine after Ukrainians and Russians.

In the match against Poland, his game left much to be desired and raised many questions: the goalkeeper made mistakes in all three goals conceded. In the first case, he did not come out of the gate to intercept, and in the other two there was no reaction from his side".

Dan Friedkin, the owner of Roma, is considering the purchase of English Everton, BBC reports.

According to a source, Farhad Moshiri, the current owner of Everton, has started looking for new buyers for his 94 percent stake in Everton. Earlier, the Iranian-British businessman was in active negotiations with the 777 Partners investment fund, but the deal failed to be finalized by May 31.

Dan Friedkin is still superficially interested in buying the Merseyside club. Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Technologies, Kenneth King of the investment firm A-Cap, and Everton co-owner John Textor are also interested in buying Everton.

The management of Spanish "Girona" has formed its position on the Ukrainian midfielder of the club Viktor Tsygankov on the background of interest in him from a number of European clubs.

As reported by Fichajes, the Catalans are categorically not satisfied with the prospect of getting for the transfer of the 26-year-old player only 15 million euros (Tsygankov's clausula under the contract - 30 million euros, but 50% of the amount of his sale "Girona" will have to pay the previous club of the midfielder - Dynamo Kyiv), and therefore in July, after Euro 20204, "Girona" will seek at any cost to convince the Ukrainian not to change the team in the current transfer window.

Obviously, "Girona" its desire to keep Tsygankov will be supported by an offer of a new contract, which will be fixed not only more favorable financial terms for the player, but also a completely different clausula. Earlier it was reported that the Catalan club has already sent the player a draft of a new agreement, but he has not yet given his response.

Recall, according to media reports, now Tsygankov is interested in English Arsenal, West Ham, Wolverhampton and Aston Villa, as well as Bayern Munich, Spanish Barcelona and Italian Milan.

News from the camp of Ukraine's Euro 2024 group rival. The main defender of the Belgian national team Thomas Meunier, who received a muscle injury in the day before yesterday's friendly match with Luxembourg (3:0), will not go in the composition of his national team at Euro-2024, according to the official website of the Belgian Football Federation.

The Belgium national team will travel to the European Championships this Wednesday, but Meunier will not be part of the delegation.

"Thomas Meunier will not be able to travel to Germany on Wednesday due to a muscle injury. He is awaiting further medical examinations, which will be carried out in the coming days," the press release said.

Thus, the Belgian national team will come to Euro 2024 with 24 players, because the original application of the team for the tournament contained 25 names. At the same time to replace Meunier on another performer Tedesco does not plan.

Recall, at the European Championship, the national team of Belgium will start the match with Slovakia, and with the national team of Ukraine, it will play in the final, the third round of the group stage (June 26).

Head coach of Lviv Karpaty Myron Markevych assessed the actions of the Ukrainian national team in the friendly matches against Germany (0:0) and Poland (1:3).

"Since the head coach is responsible for the final result, it is his prerogative, in what composition will play the national team led by him. Especially since we are talking about friendlies, in which you can see who is really worth what. Therefore, the fact that Sergei Rebrov completely changed the starting lineup in the sparring with the Poles did not surprise me.

Another thing is that there is no certainty with tactical structures, first of all, with the organization of offensive operations. Perhaps, some specifics will appear after the last control match - with the team of Moldova. Because the game from defense can be relevant in the final match of the group round - with the Belgians, and in the first games - with the Romanians and Slovaks we need to win, and for this we need to have a clear plan.

I hope that in the sparring with Moldova there will be no injuries, and Vitali Mykolenko will have time to return the fighting form. For me, only the position of the left defender raises questions. However, in my opinion, Oleksandr Zinchenko is more important for the national team in the middle of the field," said Markevych.

News from the camp of Ukraine's rival in the Euro 2024 group. Yesterday, June 9, the Slovak national team held its second and final friendly match in preparation for the European Championship (in the first sparring Slovak national team with a score of 4:0 defeated San Marino).

Friendly match

SLOVAKIA - WELS - 4:0 (1:0)
Goals: Kucka (44), Bozenik (56), Ampadu (60, own goal), Benes (90).

Slovakia: Dubravka, Pekarik, Shkrinjar, Vavro (De Marko, 77), Hancsko (Obert, 71), Kucka (Bero, 82), Lobotka, Duda (Benes, 71), Garaslin, Schranz (Suslov, 71), Bozhenik (Tupta, 78).

Recall, at Euro 2024 the Slovak national team will start the match with Belgium, and with the national team of Ukraine it will play in the second round of the group stage (June 21).

The Ukrainian national team continues to prepare for Euro 2024. On Sunday, Serhii Rebrov's men trained at the stadium of the Zwar sports club, where the Polish national team often holds its training sessions. Therefore, the hosts shared their training ground with the Ukrainians on the final day of the Blue and Yellows' training camp in Warsaw.

The evening session was attended by all 26 players declared for Euro 2024.

The national team coach, in particular, paid attention to practicing the team's play during standards. The game series were built with an emphasis on actions after the execution of the standard provisions. Attention was also paid to building an attack and defense.

This morning, the Blue and Yellows will fly from Warsaw to Chisinau, where they will play a friendly match between Moldova and Ukraine tomorrow. At 19:00, the Ukrainians are scheduled to begin an official training session at the Zimbru Stadium (the first 15 minutes will be open to the media). Half an hour earlier, at 18:30, head coach Serhiy Rebrov and a player of the national team will meet with media representatives in the arena's conference room.

Real Madrid and France forward Kylian Mbappe missed the national team's training session due to back problems, RMC Sport reports.

According to the source, the forward had back problems for 72 hours before the match with Luxembourg, which took place on Wednesday, June 5. It is reported that Mbappe has been contacting the French national team's medical staff almost since the beginning of training camp.

It is emphasized that the problem is not serious, but the French national team coaching staff will not risk the player in a friendly match with Canada.

London Arsenal is still skeptical about the potential acquisition of Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, Sky Sport Italy reports.

According to the source, Napoli estimates its attacking leader at €130 million, but Arsenal considers this price much too high, so the Gunners continue to negotiate for the Nigerian striker. After this refusal, Napoli bosses may reconsider their policy on the transfer of the Nigerian striker and set a lower price for him.

As a reminder, Victor Osimhen's current deal with Napoli runs until the summer of 2026.

Fenerbahce head coach Jose Mourinho commented on the final bid of the Portuguese national team for the 2024 UEFA European Championship.

- I don't want to talk about the favorites of the tournament, but Portugal is quite strong as a team. I think that if we could field two teams, the second Portuguese team would also claim victory. I always say it's better to have a hard time choosing among many players than to easily recruit them from a small list. Roberto Martinez chooses as he sees fit. How many coaches are there in Portugal? 10 million," said Jose Mourinho.

Turkey is in the same group as the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Georgia.

The media are now actively spreading the news that Zorya striker Eduardo Guerrero may change teams in the summer. Dynamo and Shakhtar are among the contenders.

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Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku has risen in the ranking of the top scorers of national teams.

In a friendly match against Luxembourg, Romelu Lukaku scored two goals. This brings the 31-year-old forward to 85 goals in 115 matches for the national team. With this result, Lukaku surpassed the legendary Hungarian forward Ferenc Puskas, who had 84 goals for the national team. Lukaku also caught up with the UAE national team's scorer Ali Mabhut, with whom they share sixth place in the list of the most productive players in the history of national teams.