In the “blue-yellow” Maxim Bragaru scored.
Ukraine's Olympic football team (U-23)played a draw against their peers from Egypt strong> in the first control match before the start of the Olympic Games 2024. The meeting ended with the score 1:1.
Ruslan Rotan's team took the lead at the start of the game – Maxim Bragaru scored. In the second half, the Egyptians managed to level the score.
According to the agreements between the teams, there was no provision for broadcasting this match.
Before the start of the 2024 Olympic Games, the “blue-yellows” will hold one more sparring – July 18 with the Paraguay Olympic team.
The men's football tournament of the 2024 Olympic Games will take place from July 24 to August 9 in seven cities in France: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Nice and Nantes.
The Ukrainian national football team will take part in the Olympics for the first time in history. Rotan's team will play in Group B against Iraq (July 24), Morocco (July 27) and Argentina (July 30).
The two best teams from each quartet will advance to the playoffs. If the Rotan team can make it to the quarterfinals, they will compete there with the representative of Group A (France, USA, Guinea, New Zealand).
According to the regulations, players who were born after January 1 can take part in the Olympic football tournament 2001. Each team can include in its application only three performers over this age.
The application of the Ukrainian football team for the 2024 Olympics became known earlier.