Former coach of the Ukrainian national football team Andriy Shevchenko has taken over the leadership of the Italian Serie A club Genoa.“Genoa CFC announces that Andriy Shevchenko has reached an agreement with 777 Partners [an American investment company, the recent owner of the club] and will lead the ‘griffins’ until June 30, 2024,” a message posted on the club’s website says.According to Italian media, Shevchenko’s assistants will be Mauro Tassotti and Luigi Nocentini, who also helped him in the Ukrainian national team.After 12 rounds of Serie A, Genoa is in 18th place with nine points.Shevchenko as a player played for Dynamo Kyiv, Milan and Chelsea in 1994-2012. He is the winner of the 2004 Golden Ball title and the Hero of Ukraine. He headed the Ukrainian national team in 2016-2021, with which he reached the quarter final match of the European Championship 2020.
Head coach of the Ukrainian national football team Andrey Shevchenko announced the expiration of a five-year contract with the Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) and his resignation.
“Today my contract with the Ukrainian Football Association expired, I spent five years with the main team of the country,” Shevchenko said on his Facebook page on Sunday.
He thanked the UAF President and the Executive Committee for working with the Ukrainian national team.
“I am grateful to every player, every person who helped and was involved in the team. Many thanks to all fans for their support and criticism. Together we managed to show that our football can be competitive, productive and interesting,” Shevchenko said.
As reported, Shevchenko became the mentor of the national team in 2016, when his candidacy was unanimously supported at a meeting on Friday by the Executive Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU). The contract with Shevchenko was signed for two years with the possibility of extension for another two years.
In July 2012, Shevchenko announced the end of his football career. In November of the same year, then FFU President Anatoliy Konkov offered Shevchenko to become the head coach of the Ukrainian national team, but he refused.
In March 2015, Shevchenko received a coaching license of the highest category – “PRO” – a UEFA diploma, which gives the right to work as the head coach of a club or national team. In mid-April 2015, by decision of the FFU Executive Committee, he became one of the three first deputy heads of the FFU Committee of National Teams. On February 16, 2016, Shevchenko became an assistant to the head coach of the Ukrainian national team, Mykhailo Fomenko.
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The Ukrainian national football team beat the Swedish national football team with a score of 2:1, reaching quarter-finals of the European Football Championship 2020.
The Ukrainian national football team beat the Swedish national football team with a score of 2:1 and advanced to quarter-finals of the European Football Championship, where it will play against the England national football team, which beat Germany on Tuesday. The match will take place in Rome.
The Ukraine-Sweden match took place on Tuesday June 29 in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Ukrainians opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Oleksandr Zinchenko scored on a pass of Andriy Yarmolenko. In the 43rd minute, Emil Forsberg equalized the score.
The winning goal was scored by Artem Dovbyk, it was his first goal for the national team a few minutes before the end of extra time.
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Ukrainian football players of the country’s national team beated North Macedonia. “Ukraine vs. North Macedonia – 2: 1! An intense matchup and such a necessary victory! Thanks for the real football thriller, thanks for the important three points! Glory to Ukraine!”, President of Ukraine Zelensky wrote on his Twitter page on Thursday.
The national team of Ukraine in the second match of the European Football Championship defeated the national team of North Macedonia with a score of 2:1.
The match took place in Bucharest.
Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club has played a 0-0 draw with Inter Milan in the second round of the Champions League group stage.
At the Olympiysky National Sports Complex (NSC) on Tuesday, the Ukrainian champion managed to keep his gates intact in the match against the team, to which he lost with a score of 0:5 in the semifinals of the Europa League in Dusseldorf, Germany, in the mid-August.
In the first round, Shakhtar beat Real Madrid with a score of 3:2, and after two rounds, the “miners” have four points and the first place in the group so far.
The Ukrainian national football team lost with a score of 1:2 in Kyiv to the German team in the group four match of the elite division A of the UEFA Nations League.
In the 20th minute, the score was opened by the guest defender Mathias Ginter. At the start of the second half, Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka doubled Germany’s lead.
In the 77th minute, Ruslan Malynovsky won back one goal from the penalty spot for the team of Andriy Shevchenko. But this goal was the last in the match.
In another match of the group, Spain at home beat Switzerland minimally with a score of 1:0.
After three rounds, Spain leads the group with seven points. Germany scored five points, Ukraine – three, and Switzerland – one.
