“France is a world champion, and, unfortunately, we could not bring our best team to try to compete with it,” Shevchenko said at the press briefing following the match. The team’s coach and former soccer player Andriy Shevchenko blames the poor performance on the unfortunate circumstances: 14 national team players couldn’t participate in the match because of injuries and their positive COVID-19 tests. Ukraine has never missed more than four goals in a single match before. While the game marks an unpleasant moment for the national team, it will not affect its participation in any of the tournaments. 7 with France, the current world champions, Ukraine lost 7:1. Near-empty because of the COVID-19 quarantine measures, the Stade de France stadium, located several kilometers north of Paris, became a silent witness of the worst defeat in the history of the Ukrainian national soccer team.
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