Photograph: Ovsyannikova Yulia/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Icon Ukraine sense a chance to make history.Ī flowerbed dedicated to Andriy Shevchenko at a flower show in Kyiv. At the moment I am focused on the national team but afterwards I will have a look around and have a think.” But first the Euros and the challenge of facing the Netherlands, Austria and North Macedonia. “When my adventure with Ukraine is over,” he says, “I would like to manage a club. The former Milan forward has admitted he would like to coach in Italy one day. “We have a good, young team and if the players are well prepared and injury-free we can do it.” There are a few clouds on the horizon, though: the World Cup qualifiers have begun with three draws in three games, while the future of Shevchenko is also up in the air. “The minimum aim is to get out of the group,” he says.

Up front, a lot will depend on Gent’s Roman Yaremchuk having a good summer.įans are expecting big things from the team but Shevchenko has insisted these things do not happen overnight. They are accompanied by the rock that is Taras Stepanenko of Shakhtar Donetsk. Ukraine’s gameplan is built around two creative midfielders: Oleksandr Zinchenko (who plays in defence for Manchester City) and Atalanta’s Ruslan Malinovskyi.

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