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Dynamo Kyiv newcomer Oleksandr Pikhalonok has said goodbye to his previous club, Dnipro-1, for which he played for the past four years.

"I would like to thank you for the incredible years, for all the time I have been a part of this club.

SC Dnipro1 is now my story, which we wrote together! There were different moments on our way, once we were in last place in the league table, and then we fought with you for the championship.

I thank every player I played with, all the coaches I worked with in Dnipro, the fans, the staff, the medical staff and, of course, the management of the football club!

I was very pleased to be an integral part of this team!

I hugged everyone tightly," Pikhalenok wrote on his Instagram page.

Ukraine national team defender Vitaliy Mykolenko summarized the results of the friendly match with Poland (1:3), which took place last Friday in Warsaw on the air of Youtube-channel "VZBLRNA".

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Napoli's Georgian striker Kvicha Kvaratskhelia plans to extend his contract with the Italian club, La Gazzetta dello Sport reports.

According to the source, Napoli's bosses have agreed to raise Kvaratskhelia's salary to €5 million per season. French side Paris Saint-Germain offered the player as much as 7.5 million euros, but the Napoli striker is skeptical about this transfer. In addition, the new Napoli coach, Antonio Conte, does not want to lose a key player before next season.

Poland's head coach Michal Probej during yesterday's press conference reproached the Ukrainian national team for playing too aggressively at the end of the friendly match, which took place last Friday, and also spoke about his conversation with Ukrainian national team coach Serhiy Rebrov.

"As for Milik's injury at the very beginning of the match, it was the result of an unfortunate accident. But at the end of the match there was too much anger on the part of our opponents. And here we should definitely mention the foul on Buksa.

I had a big complaint about it. After the match I talked to the opponents' head coach about it. In the end, of course, we clarified everything," said Probej.

News from the camp of Ukraine's Euro 2024 group rival. The main defender of the national team of Belgium Thomas Meunier was injured in yesterday's friendly match with Luxembourg(3:0) and, apparently, for a long time out of action.

The 32-year-old player had to leave the field as early as the 16th minute of the match. Judging by the gesticulation of Meunier, we are talking about a muscle injury of the back of the thigh.

After the end of the match, Belgium head coach Domenico Tedesco made it clear that the injury suffered by Meunier is quite serious.

"The main conclusion from this match is that we lost Meunier. He will have an MRI on Sunday morning, but even without that things are looking unpleasant. That's why we're disappointed. We still have hope, but I'm not optimistic. Meunier will probably miss a few days or weeks," Tedesco said.

The situation for the Belgian national team is complicated by the fact that still continues to recover from injury another of its main defender - Arthur Theate, who is also included in the application of his national team for Euro-2024.

Recall, at the European Championship, the national team of Belgium 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 (June 26).

As previously reported, Dynamo Kyiv striker Vladyslav Vanat is in the sphere of interest of Italian Napoli. However, this club is not the only one that is following the 22-year-old footballer.

According to the information of the famous Ukrainian TV commentator Viktor Vatsko, Amsterdam Ajax, Spanish Villarreal and Austrian Salzburg also have a view on Vanat: scouts of these clubs are present at the current friendly matches of the Ukrainian national team in order to watch the Dynamo striker.

We shall remind you that last winter Vanat signed a new contract with Dynamo until the summer of 2027.

Former Dynamo Kyiv striker Ivan Shariy shared his impressions of the friendly match between Poland and Ukraine (3:1), which took place yesterday in Warsaw.

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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.