Oleg Shaitanov: "Taking second place is a small victory for us. We are delighted with a job well done and I would like to thank my team"

19.03.2023 23:55

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The head coaches of the women's futsal teams of Ukraine and Spain commented on the final match of Euro-2023.

In the Euro-2023 women's futsal final, the Ukrainian national team lost to Spain — 1:5. "Furia Roja" became the winner of the third European Championship in a row, the blue and yellow won for themselves the historic silver awards, and in the match for the third place, Portugal defeated Hungary.

The comments of the head coaches of the national teams of Ukraine and Spain after the final match are telling the UEFA official website reports..

"We wanted to show ourselves as much as possible, to put up a good game against Spain, and it's not easy against such a powerful team, a team that was still a two-time champion at the time. We would like to congratulate the Spaniard on winning the third European Championship.

There was no special turning point in the match, we understood that every missed ball affects the result and just makes our work a little more difficult. Taking second place is a small victory for us. We are happy with the job well done, and I would like to thank my team," said Oleg Shaitanov, the driver of the Ukrainian women's team.

"The best way to deal with the pressure on the favorites is to be yourself, and that's exactly what we did in the match against Ukraine. We knew it wasn't going to be easy and of course getting an early goal was important, but we were the better team. We never lost focus and that mattered.

These three titles are a fair reward for the great work being done in sport in Spain. Our league is very strong and this is reflected in the quality of our players. It's difficult to be even more proud and happy about this title," said the coach of the Spaniards, Claudia Pons.

Women's Futsal Euro-2023

19.03.2023

Match for 3rd place

Hungary — Portugal — 0:12 (0:4)

Final

Ukraine — Spain — 1:5 (0:3)

Goals: Shulga (36) — Peke (1, from penalty), Babenko (11, own goal), de Paz (20), Samper (21), Dani (37).

Ukraine: Kislova (Terek, 21, Mitrofanska, 38) — Shulga, Hrytsenko, Dubytska, Forsyuk (k); Drozd, Tytova, Kirylchuk, Volovenko, Skibina, Babenko, Dyatel.

Spain: Silvia (Marta, 21) — Mayte, Dani, Samper, Peke (k); Noelia, Melli, L. Cordoba, Lucy, de Paz, Antia, Sanz, I. Cordoba.

Booked: Dubytska (1), Skibina (26) — L. Cordoba (13).