danylo sikan, vlad supryaga, andriy lunin, georgy tsetashvili, denys popov, and serhii buletsa got ance to break in. in star adult football. petrakov had a reputation as a demanding but fair coach. the coach of our national team could be seen in kyiv metro on the way to work. he avoided intrigues and behind-the-scenes games, to be honest and disciplined, he also taught his pupils. ukraine raced through the group round at cruising speed and entered the 1/8 finals from first place. unexpectedly , the best scorer in the group was denys popov, the central defender of dynamo, who scored with a shot. headed two decisive goals, to the americans and qatar. andriy lunin, the goalkeeper of real madrid, also started playing. he managed to save a penalty in a draw against nigeria. a powerful ukrainian diaspora in poland filled the stadiums well and our team played as if at home in almost all matches. this helped the ukrainians a lot at the play-off stage. our young men almost did not notice the first opponent of the panama team. the victory was 4:1, and popov scored the third time in the champio