Ukraine stopped in the semifinals of the European U21 Championship, and coach Ruslan Rotan explained that he did not have time to prepare for the match against Spain (1:5 score).

Ukraine was eliminated from EURO U21Photo: Vadim Girda / AP / Profimedia

The coach of the Ukrainian national team explained the defeat of Spain: “I was locked in a hangar for five hours”

The game was played at the stadium in Gençi and the technician spoke about the difficulties his team faced in getting from Cluj-Napoca (where they played in the quarter-finals against France) to Bucharest.

“Probably, Spain should be congratulated on this success. As far as we are concerned, I think the guys have not had a normal recovery. I’m not apologizing, but the way we got back here…

I don’t even know how I got to Bucharest. I spent half a day on the road. We were kept for five hours in the hangar at the airport, we sat at the airport, instead of recovering, we arrived at the hotel at one in the morning.

These flight delays are inexplicable. The mystery of what happens at such a tournament” – Ruslan Rotanthe coach of the Ukrainian U21 national team, tribuna.com cites.

Ukraine opened the scoring thanks to Bondarenko (’13), but Spain won thanks to goals from Ruiz (’17), Sance (’24), Blanco (’54), Oroz (’68) and Gomez (’78).

The final between England and Spain will take place on Saturday 8th July from 19:00 at the Adjarabet Arena in Batumi, Georgia.