Taras Stepanenko: I'm really disappointed with our performance
Taras Stepanenko, captain of the Ukrainian national team, spoke about his team’s performance in today’s Euro 2024 match against Romania.
"I'm really disappointed with our performance. Today we were not the team we always were. Romania deserved this win, and we have to keep going. We have two more games and we have to be strong and change the situation.
Sometimes, bad things happen in the most important moments, and this was the case today. We controlled the game; we were on the ball, but we were punished immediately for the first mistake. In these tournaments, you need sometimes to play simple in front of your goal, and the coach warned us about it before the game", said Stepanenko to UEFA.com.
The next Ukraine game at Euro-2024 will be played on June 21 against Slovakia.
