![]() "Players should understand that being in such a tournament is a huge experience," he said. Stepanenko told Ukrainian television afterwards that his friendship with Yarmolenko was "over" - but he said he would put the incident aside for the sake of the national team.īoth players are in the squad again and with no conflicts on the horizon now, Shevchenko said before the tournament that be believed club rivalries would be safely left behind. Yarmolenko was suspended for three matches and fined 50,000-hryvnia ($2,000) over the incident. In another incident illustrating the confrontation between domestic opponents who then put that animosity aside for the sake of the national side, in 2016 Yarmolenko, then with Dynamo, was involved in a mass brawl against Shakhtar which soured relations with Ukraine teammate Taras Stepanenko.Īs fists flew, Yarmolenko kicked Stepanenko after the Shakhtar midfielder celebrated a goal during his team's 3-0 win against Dynamo. Lucescu was unsettled by the reaction and even announced his intention to walk away just two days after signing his contract, but stayed in the end. However, Dynamo's decision last summer to hire the 75-year-old Romanian sparked uproar from fans because of his lengthy tenure in Donetsk where he won a host of domestic honours and the 2009 UEFA Cup, now known as the Europa League. It was Dynamo's first title for five years and 16th overall. In April, Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian former coach of Shakhtar, guided Dynamo to the Ukrainian league title in his first season as coach of the club from the capital. Players like Dynamo forward Artem Besedin and Shakhtar centre-back Sergiy Kryvtsov are fierce rivals when playing for their clubs but they put that rivalry aside when playing for their country. ![]() The midfielder now with West Ham curled in a brilliant goal in the 75th minute to bring Ukraine back into the game in Amsterdam. ![]() His position on the pitch in the Netherlands encounter was taken by former Dynamo player Andriy Yarmolenko. ![]()
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