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We congratulate Ukraine on having successfully hosted EURO2012! Several

years of preparations were placed into
one month of a wonderful feast marked
by both foreign and Ukrainian fans, along
with guests and residents of Ukraine.
The fact that EURO had been a success is undeniable: this has been recognized and confirmed by everyone, from
UEFA and international experts to famous politicians and top world media.
EURO2012 has been named as historically successful not only due to the unique
atmosphere that dominated in EURO cities, but also because of a number of records
registered by analysts. During the EURO
period, Ukrainian airports provided services to the largest number of guests during
the period of the countrys Independence,
the railways transported a record-breaking
number of passengers, and the fan zones of
EURO cities, just like stadiums, accommodated historical masses of people for events
of this kind: millions of fans.
The EURO has taken place. The championship has left not only unforgettable
recollections behind. The tournament has
given Ukraine wonderful transport and
tourism as well as a social infrastructure.
Our common task is not to lose but, on
the contrary, to increase the pace of development. Ukraine has Eurobasket-2015
ahead, and the prospect of getting the right
to host the Olympics in 2022. Ukraine, we
congratulate you on your EURO victory!

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Contents
EURO results

Viktor Yanukovych:
EURO infrastructure
is national asset ......................................................... 13
EURO results

Borys Kolesnikov:
EURO invests in Ukraine, football.......... 15
EURO results

Ukrainian transport:
EURO record holder ........................................... 19
EURO results

Ukrainian border passes

EURO 2012 test ........................................................... 25
EURO results

EURO security: everywhere

and above all .................................................................. 31
EURO results

EURO 2012 opens up Ukraine

to world...................................................................................... 37
EURO results

Medical workers pass

EURO examination with
excellent marks.......................................................... 43
EURO results

Michel Platini:
EURO 2012 in Ukraine, Poland
becomes real triumph ............................................ 49
EURO champions

The Spanish sky over Europe ..... 58

national team

EURO 2012: Farewell, Sheva!

Hello, new era! .............................................................. 66
celebrity

15 facts from the life of the best

football player at EURO 2012 ............ 73
EURO statistics

EURO 2012: facts and figures ......... 80

my EURO

EURO 2012 in red and

black colors ...................................................................... 87
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After the end of the European Championships the tourist flow to Ukraine
has remained at the same level as
during the main tournament on the
continent, which is held every four
years. This is down to the fans who
visited Ukraine in June and passed
on their positive emotions and experiences to their compatriots.

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Viktor Yanukovych:

EURO infrastructure is a national asset

EURO 2012 has become an additional factor in the countrys
economic growth and modernization, President Viktor Yanukovych announced in his address at the festive reception at
the Olympic NSC dedicated to the completion of the football
championship.
Ukraine has been modernized: we have built new airports,
stadiums, roads and other infrastructure elements. We have
modernized public transport in the cities that hosted the European Championship, Viktor Yanukovych noted.
The head of state also noted that airports in a number of Ukrainian cities already have modern runways that are able to receive
planes with a greater takeoff weight, and new air terminals have
enabled them to increase the number of passengers. In addition, he
recalled that 2,200 kilometers of new motorways have been built
and almost 4,000 kilometers of roads have been renovated.
This infrastructure is our national asset. These are investments in the welfare of the present and future generations, the
head of state said.
He emphasized that EURO 2012 had become the best international presentation in the world of Ukraine and Poland. The world

has opened Ukraine for itself anew, and we have proved that we are
reliable partners and a hospitable country which is able to implement large-scale projects of this kind, Viktor Yanukovych noted.
President Yanukovych also emphasized that Ukraine should
further develop its transport infrastructure, along with preparing itself for the European Basketball Championship which will
be held in 2015, and taking part in the contest to host the 2022
Winter Olympic Games. The potential acquired by Ukraine,
thanks to hosting EURO 2012, should be transformed into the
foundation of our countrys sustainable economic development.
We have grounds to anticipate the higher tourism attractiveness
of Ukraine: it should be supported on the basis of the developed
infrastructure, the countrys leader has emphasized.
According to Viktor Yanukovych, substantial simplification
of transport communications should intensify inter-regional
cooperation and promote commercial transportation activity.
We should carry on developing the strategy of building
high-quality transport corridors. The sources of funding should
be both budget allocations and partnership concession schemes
between the state and the private sector, the head of state noted.
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Borys Kolesnikov:

Euro invests in Ukraine, football

Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov has emphasized that, according to preliminary
estimates, the number of foreign guests who visited Ukraine
during Euro-2012 was 1.8 million. Taking into account the fact
a persons average expenses during his stay in Ukraine came to
400 dollars, and there were also some other revenues, at present
it is possible to say that the event has paid back expenses to the
tune of one billion dollars. As regards expenses for hosting the
tournament, the vice prime minister emphasized: The majority of funds were spent on road construction. Some 800 to 850
million dollars have been allocated for construction of stadiums.
Two of them were built from scratch, and the reconstruction of
the stadium in Kyiv required most of the expenses.
Borys Kolesnikov also placed emphasis on the fact that there
were no manifestations of racism of any kind in Ukraine during
the tournament, while many European news media wrote much
about this in their journalistic materials on the eve of Euro-2012.
In addition to organization, the vice prime minister also singled
out Ukrainians themselves: they took an active part by providing help to foreign guests. We have demonstrated our capacity to organize the third largest sporting event after the Olympic
Games and the Football World Cup, Borys Kolesnikov noted.
The vice prime minister summed up by saying that Ukraine
obtained five new airports and four runways which comply
with the highest standards in the world in just 18months. A

substantial share of railway tracks and motorways have been

also upgraded.
Furthermore, summing up Euro achievements, the vice prime
minister has noted the appearances of the national football team
at the tournament: in his opinion, it demonstrated an attractive
style of play. I am not ashamed of the way Ukraine played
against the English national team. The whole world saw that we
scored a goal. I am not ashamed of the match with Sweden either.
Our only unsuccessful duel was the one against the French national team. But this is football, sports, and anything can happen
here. We hope that the Ukrainian national team has very good
prospects. We shall also look decent at the World Cup in Brazil.
In an interview with the Kommersant Ukraina newspaper Borys Kolesnikov emphasized the following: The entire sports community and sports functionaries have noted the high level of organization and holding of the final part of the European Championship. The experience acquired will simplify the possible hosting of
the Olympic Games for us in some aspects, but it will complicate
in some aspects as well. You see, the Olympic Games mean many
types of sports and many facilities, and the difficulty lies in this. On
the other hand, the task is simplified by the fact that all competitions take place in the one region, but not in four. We plan to make
a bid in 2014. I think we have very good chances for 2022 in view
of the result we obtained: a good European Championship and the
fact that our country has never hosted the winter Olympics.
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Transport workers have coped 100% with the workload placed on

the system during EURO2012. Both UEFA and esteemed experts
from neighbouring countries have noted the coordinated and prompt
operation of the Ukrainian transport system. During the EURO period, the
sector set several records at once: these are unprecedented passenger
flow in all host cities airports and large-scale railway transportation level,
along with heavy traffic on newly built motorways. The deputy director of
the State Policy in Railway Sector Directorate at Ukraines Infrastructure
Ministry, Oleksandr Fedorenko, spoke about EURO transport records,
along with sectoral development prospects after the championship in an
exclusive interview with the Ukraine 2012 magazine.

r Fedorenko, how did Ukraines transport system operate during EURO on

the whole?
Transport operation can only be appraised
by its passengers, and in this case they are
fans. There was no differentiation between
foreign and Ukrainian fans during EURO:
the same services were provided to everyone. All our reserves available at that time
were involved: first of all, these were all new
airports, along with railway stations. Due to
the fact that we had very close cooperation
with the cities, the reserves of private carriers were also involved: buses and minibuses
for the maximum comfort of guests. If a passenger did not notice the way that transport
operated, this is the best appraisal.
The transport system has coped fully
with the workload placed on it during the
period of the European Championship.
There was no criticism of its work communicated over the telephone, the same
way as in Internet comments, and so I believe that, despite all difficulties, the transport system operated normally. Both fans

and other passengers reached the places of

their destination in due time and quickly.
How many passengers used the services of air, railway and motor transport?
The number of passengers carried by railway transport during EURO 2012 was
over 5.4 million, of them around 1.3million in international transportation and
the remaining 4.1 million domestically.
In particular, the number of people having come to Ukraine from other countries
by railway was over 658,000.
Kharkiv Airport almost tripled the
number of flights compared to the number it is used to serving. The same can be
also said about other airports where workload substantially increased during the
championship. Donetsk Airport provided
services to 2.5 times more passengers.
Boryspil increased its passenger flow 1.5fold, and this is a substantial figure, as
Kyiv Airport traditionally used to provide
services to quite a lot of passengers.
Fans and tourists also entered Ukraine
by motor transport: starting from the
opening day of the football tournament,
the number of buses that entered Ukrainian territory was 487, and the total number
of passengers reached 12,132.
What are the comments of foreign and
Ukrainian passengers about transport
operation in Ukraine?
The novelty the fans liked most of all
were high-speed electric trains. Guests
have highly appreciated their speed,
service and comfort. Ukrainian Expresses operating between Kyiv, Kharkiv,
Donetsk and Lviv have carried over
103,000 passengers (67,548 tickets in
Kharkivs direction, 14,548 tickets in the
direction of Lviv and 21,824 in the direction of Donetsk), and Skoda-produced

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ones over 46,000 passengers. The total

number of runs fulfilled by the state enterprise Ukrainian High-Speed Railway
Company during the tournament period
was 672, of which 308 were by electric
trains manufactured by Hyundai Rotem.
How did new air terminals operate
during EURO, and especially on peak
load days?
We made preparations for work during the
championship in advance, and this is why
the number of workers involved in all segments was higher than usual. The major
issues related to airports were the increase
in throughput capacity, handling baggage,
speeding up passage of all control levels,
and they all were organized at the highest
level. All reserves were enlisted on match
days. The human factor played an important role. We were making preparations
for this during the previous years, and we
coped perfectly with everything.
During the month of the tournament,
the air gates of Kyiv, Donetsk, Lviv and
Kharkiv serviced 15,304 flights. Boryspil
received a total of 10,177 flights, Lviv
1,477, Kharkiv 1,078 and Donetsk 2,572.
The airports of host cities also serviced
4,197 additional and charter flights: 1,954
in Boryspil, 67 in Kyiv, 483 in Lviv, 347
in Kharkiv and 1,346 in Donetsk airports.
A huge workload was also placed on
Ukrzaliznytsya (Ukrainian State Railroad Administration) during the tournament. How successfully did railway
workers cope with their work?
All preparations for their work were made
in advance. We were most interested in
transporting passengers between the host
cities, and we made all the provisions
for this. We knew the percentage of train
loads, and this simplified our work greatly.
In addition to regular trains, 24 additional ones were assigned during
EURO 2012: four trains from Kyiv to
Donetsk and from Donetsk to Kyiv in
each direction; one Kyiv-Kharkiv and
one Kharkiv-Kyiv train; six electric
trains connecting Belgorod and Kharkiv;
three high-comfort electric trains
from Lviv to Przemyl and three from
Przemyl to Lviv. Besides this, 47 carriages were added to regular trains. If the
number of people wishing to travel by
train in certain direction increased, a decision was taken to add more carriages.
How will the transport infrastructure
that was built for EURO2012 be used
in the future?

The opinions of passengers is of utmost

importance for us both before and after
EURO. Each form of transport has respective programmes and activities, and so we
have a substantial development reserve
for the future. The most important point
is that they have seen our country and the
service and comfort which are available in
our transport. We had a very good foundation even before the championship: if we
had not had it, we would have been unable
to work so efficiently. Our plans are to develop all this in geometric progression.
Everything will be also normal in filling new infrastructure objects. More people will gradually come to us through Donetsk, Kyiv, Lviv and Kharkiv airports.
Special measures will be taken to increase
the number of flights by air, and we shall
also cooperate with other countries.
Does the Infrastructure Ministry plan
to further follow a course towards developing Ukraines transport objects?
First of all, attention in the future will be paid
to improving services at all railway stations,
and especially in big cities. We also plan to
improve the high-speed traffic system. Passengers should not spend much time to reach
a big city and, besides this, they should be
able to choose the best option which will
prove to be most comfortable.
As regards motor and aviation transport, the system will develop, and the level
of service will improve: the number of respective services to be provided to passengers will be increased, and this is the main
point to which the Infrastructure Ministry
will pay attention. We shall build, buy and
take investments in order to develop all
transport sectors. The EURO has given us
an impulse and dynamics which should be
retained in the future.
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Ukrainian border passes

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The task of free and secure border has been fulfilled! The State
Border Service has coped with a record load during EURO 2012 and
received no complaints from fans and visitors.
The service received a high appraisal from Ukrainian President Viktor
Yanukovych. His Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski also
supported him, adding that the service had worked perfectly.
The assessment by fans is also evidence of this. Dozens of
commendations from foreign embassies and consulates, as well as
hundreds of grateful comments from foreigners to border guards,
have become the crowning achievement of the services three years
of preparations for the football festival.
First Deputy Chairman of the State Border Service of Ukraine Pavlo
Shysholin shared the secrets of successful EURO 2012 with the
Ukraine-2012 Information Center.

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EURO 2012 has become a test of

strength for Ukrainian services. What
records can the State Border Service
be proud of?
The most important record for us is that
over the period of the championship we
received no complaints from Ukrainians
or foreigners regarding the work of the
service.
The second record, of course, concerns passenger traffic flows on the border. Some 8.3 million people and 2 million vehicles crossed the border during
EURO 2012, which was 25% and 20%
more than in the same period last year.
The peak load on the border was reported on July 1 during the EURO 2012 final,
with 360,000 people and 70,000 vehicles
crossing Ukraines border in one day.
Our border guards worked very
quickly. We spent up to 20 seconds per
passenger, and if we had prior information, the control lasted about 7 seconds.
Boryspil Airport also exceeded its
targets on the day of the final match,
handling more than 630 flights, of which
400 were arrivals to Ukraine. In general,
over the period of the championship the
airport handled 1,500 aircraft, about 650
buses and 22,500 vehicles carrying organized groups of fans.
The number of foreigners who
crossed the border during EURO 2012
is also unique. A total of 2.5 million
foreigners, including 1.5 million citizens of countries participating in the
tournament, entered the country during
the tournament. Such a number of pas-

sengers and vehicles has never been recorded on the Ukrainian border.
VIP guests and UEFA officials arrived in
Ukraine every day. Were they satisfied?
Official delegations have not felt the Ukrainian borders at all. National teams arrived
in groups of 42 to 56 people, and we spent
up to three minutes to handle them.
A total of 138 official delegations
and 1,660 organized groups of fans
crossed the border over this period, and
there were no complaints.
What were the most difficult tasks?
The most difficult task for us was to work
after the matches, when large groups of
guests were leaving the country.
After the semi-final match in Donetsk,
for example, Russians were leaving the
city en masse, and 500 cars and buses
simultaneously arrived at the Uspenka
checkpoint. We simplified all formalities,
created additional places and handled all
vehicles in one-and-a-half hours, the task
that we usually perform in more than a day.
The day of the final match was also
very tense. Boryspil Airport serviced dozens of VIP guests after the match, whereas
about 3,000 Spaniards and Italians simultaneously arrived at Terminal D. We handled
all of the passengers within two hours!
The State Border Service introduced
a dozen innovations ahead of EURO
2012. Did they come in handy?
While preparing for the tournament, we
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dential decrees, six government resolutions and four international agreements

in order to optimize the work of our
service. Thanks to this legal framework,
we managed to form a new innovative
model for border protection.
In particular, we introduced joint
controls on the Ukrainian-Polish border,
used Euro-corridors, handled vehicles
under the principle of one stop during
their movement, canceled immigration
cards, introduced electronic cards for
passport control and provided additional
mobile workplaces.
We also introduced a system of preliminary information about passengers
and for the first time conducted work in an
online mode through Interpols databases.
All of these innovations helped us reduce the period of inspections at checkpoints by 2.5 times and significantly
speed up border crossing.
Will these innovations be used after
EURO 2012?
Of course! All that was introduced ahead
of the tournament worked effectively
and will be used after EURO 2012.
We are already working with the Ukrainian Embassy in Poland, the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the State Customs Service on the continuation of joint controls.
Our Polish colleagues firmly promised to prepare their proposals regarding the introduction of amendments to
the Schengen Borders Code, so that we
could also conduct joint inspections on
the Ukrainian side.
As for the system of preliminary information, we already get 50-60% of information from airlines. We will develop
this area. We are planning to introduce
such systems at automobile and maritime checkpoints.
EURO 2012 has given us invaluable
experience. Therefore, after the tournament we are planning to publish a book,
entitled Experience of EURO 2012.
Lessons. Conclusions, in which we will
tell how we prepared for and hosted the
tournament, and what prospects we received after the championship.

lands, Sweden, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Italy and Spain, while 12 FRONTEX officers worked at airports in host
cities. Such an exchange of officers gave
us a positive result.
I want to provide an example. Ahead
of the match with England, we received
information about the likely departure
to Donetsk of 195 English ultras. The
rapid exchange of information and joint
decisions helped prevent this category of
fans from leaving England.
We also cooperated with the EUBAM mission on the border with Moldova and Romania.
Border guards were the first to meet
and see off the fans. Have you seen any
changes in their attitude to Ukraine?
When the fans started arriving in our country at the beginning of the tournament,
they expected a tough and biased attitude
from us. But there was not even a hint of it.
Quite the contrary, during the tournament
we helped 570 citizens attend the matches.
They had tickets, but faced problems with
the registration of documents.
In usual circumstances, we would
not let them enter Ukraine, however, in
order not to spoil the festival of football,
we took individual decisions on them and
allowed them to enter the country. There
were cases when border guards found
wallets and documents and returned them
to fans, and they were really surprised.
Fans were leaving Ukraine in a completely different mood - relaxed, grateful, happy, taking photographs and saying Thank you, Ukraine!
Anastasia Nikolaeva

Did your foreign colleagues help you

during EURO 2012?
We successfully cooperated with the European Agency for the Management of
Operational Cooperation at the External
Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX). Under the
agreement we reached, Ukrainian border
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EURO security:

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EURO2012 is likely to have become the most secure championship

in the entire history of this tournament. EURO security, everywhere
and above all, as UEFA emphasized, was ensured in full. Not a
single situation posing a threat to the security of EURO, fans or
guests of Ukraine arose during the period of the competition. This
success became an accomplishment of long-term preparations
made by all security agencies of the country.

OVER 100 SPOTTERS

WORKING AT EURO

Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Viktor

Ratushnyak has said that, thanks to lawenforcers professional actions, infringements of public order during EURO2012
were not admitted. In line with estimations of forces and means, protection of
public order during the EURO2012 Football Championship hosted by Ukraine
was ensured by over 240,000 policemen
and servicemen from the interior troops,
the Interior Ministry noted.
Besides this, over 130 representatives of foreign police delegations from
16 countries worked on the territory of
host cities during EURO 2012. A share
of them, coming to over 100 law-enforcers from 11 countries, patrolled streets
in places of compact stay of foreign fans
as spotters together with policemen, and
they carried out preventive work with
their fans.

According to Viktor Ratushnyak,

some 409 reports about events related to
foreign football fans stay on the territory of the country were received by interior authorities from late May and during
the period of the championship. Confirmations could not be found for some of
them. In other cases, many foreigners
who had reported the loss of their belongings turned to the interior authorities
again, saying that they had found their
money or documents. The majority of
the aforementioned applications did not
have signs of crimes or infringements of
law, Mr Ratushnyak emphasized.

22,000 LAW-ENFORCERS
COMMUNICATING
IN ENGLISH

He added that 30 pickpockets who committed crimes in the places of fans mass
accumulation were detained during
EURO2012 in Ukrainian host cities. We

detected around 30 thefts and detained

pickpockets during the whole period of the
championship. We have brought criminal
cases against each of them. It is interesting
to know that law-enforcers detained seven
pickpockets in Kyiv on the day of final
match alone: they mainly committed their
crimes in the citys fan zone, he said.
The total number of infringements
of law committed against foreigners
was 293, with the majority of them being petty theft and cases of hooliganism.
The number of criminal cases brought is
45, the law-enforcement agency reports.
In its turn, according to Mr Ratushnyak, not a single language misunderstanding between Ukrainian law-enforcers and
foreign fans occurred during the EURO.
22,000 law-enforcers have passed primary training in foreign languages. Besides
this, 2,000 military students also provided
assistance to the Interior Ministrys officers, but they were not in service, the
deputy interior minister summed up.

112 SYSTEM RECEIVES

500,000 CALLS

The Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry has

reported that forces of the Emergencies
Ministry had been turned over to enhanced service mode as of 8 June. The
operational scheme of the 112 number
introduced by the ministry, consisting of
diversion of calls to other emergency aid
services (102, 103 and 104 numbers), has
fully justified itself. The point is that the
average number of calls to the 112 number received daily was around 16,000.
Dispatcher services of the Emergencies
Ministry processed over 494,000 calls
to the 112 number altogether during
EURO2012, of which over 146,000 were
in Kyiv, 60,000 in Donetsk, 257,000 in
Lviv and 31,000 in Kharkiv.
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ernment agencies, we have managed to

avoid emergency situations and fires in
stadiums, fan zones and places of fans
accommodation and to keep the situation
under control during the whole period of
the tournament, Ukrainian First Deputy
Emergencies Minister Vitaliy But has
noted. He has also added that EURO security had been organized by the Emergencies Ministrys forces with the personnel numerical strength of 4,900 and
1,200 units of machinery. Besides this,
the reserve of the Emergencies Ministrys forces and means with personnel
numerical strength of 445 and 10 units
of machinery were constantly kept in
readiness. Aviation hardware to support
firefighting and rescue units was in service in the cities of Kyiv, Donetsk, Lviv
and Kharkiv.

LOW LEVEL OF THREATS

IN UKRAINE DURING EURO

Besides this, according to the Security

Service of Ukraine (the SBU), Antiterrorist Centre, along with Ukraines antiterrorist system on the whole, operated
efficiently while fulfilling the tasks in
maintaining security of the championship, its participants and guests of
Ukraine. According to the conclusions
of the Antiterrorist Centre at the Security
Service of Ukraine, the level of terrorist
threat in Ukraine during the final part of
the EURO 2012 championship did not
change and was identified as low, the
SBU Antiterrorist Centre chief, Petro
Shatkovsky, has noted.
The Security Service also fulfilled its
new functions: jointly with the Defence
Ministry, the Interior Ministry, the State
Aviation Service, the State Guard Directorate and the Ukrainian Radio Frequencies Centre, it took part in antiterrorist
protection of the air space within 150km areas around EURO host cities.
In particular, air space over stadiums
and other objects of special importance
in the host cities was permanently controlled by army aviation combat helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Land Force with fire support tactical
groups from the A Special Operations
Centre at the Security Service of Ukraine
on board.

EURO WITHOUT RISKS

FOR FANS HEALTH

In its turn, the majority of work in organizing EURO security was carried out
by the Inter-Institutional Steering Committee (ISC) supervised by the president

of Ukraine and headed by the first deputy head of the EURO National Agency (Ukryevroinfraproekt), Oleksandr
Birsan. During the preparatory period
between December 2010 and May 2012,
the Inter-Institutional Steering Committee held 10 meetings, where over 40
important security and legal order issues
were considered and number of respective decisions and recommendations in
relation to them were adopted. The development of the Integrated Security and
legal Order Concept has been organized
under the auspices of the ISC: this is the
basic strategic document on ensuring security and legal order during the championship, which was approved by the
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Representatives of the Inter-Institutional Steering Committee have noted

that the total number of cases when
EURO 2012 guests and fans applied
for medical aid during EURO2012 was
1,144, whereby medical aid was provided
to 640 foreigners and 504 Ukrainian fans.
There are no patients whose condition
poses a threat to their life. According
to the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service, thanks to the measures that
were taken, the rate of contagious diseases in June 2012, including influenza and
acute respiratory viral infections, did not
put the hosting of EURO2012 at risk,
representatives of the Inter-Institutional
Steering Committee have emphasized.
Serhiy Yushchyshyn
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EURO 2012 opens

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Before the start of EURO 2012 the Western media quite often
released articles with negative, distorted and false information about
Ukraine. It is difficult to guess what has caused it, prejudice, or
simply a lack of reliable information. Even then domestic diplomats
insisted that with the launch of the championship, the tone and
themes of materials about Ukraine in Western editions would change
dramatically, for the correspondents, after visiting Ukraine, would see
that this is a normal, civilized European country. Actually, in support
of their words from the first days of EURO 2012 positive materials
about Ukraine began to appear in European editions.

he leading international media have already published more than 55 stories with
extremely positive highlights of EURO
2012. This is a unique case when the effect of understated expectations played into
our hands and foreign correspondents were
really impressed. Also, absolutely atypical
is purely positive nature of information reports since, and so historically, the priority
for the media is always negative information, said Oleh Voloshyn, Head of the Information Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

No racism in Ukraine

The first exploded myth was about the

existence of racism and intolerance in
Ukraine. The reason for spreading such rumors was the launch of the BBC Panorama
programme, whose journalists biasly and
narrowly presented a conflict between fans
at one of the Ukrainian stadiums. As a result, a significant number of football fans
from the UK had some concerns about
visiting Ukraine. And only foreign media
have managed to debunk these concerns.

Thus, French journalist Elena Gabrielian said that during the European Football Championship in Ukraine she did
not notice any manifestations of racism,
which the European media have often
mentioned about. I havent noticed any
radical nationalist attitude of Ukrainians
towards foreigners. There was absolutely no racism. The problem is artificially
raised in Ukraine, believes the journalist, who works with the French TV channel TF1 during EURO 2012.
And her colleague from the popular
British tabloid The Daily Mirror, Oliver Holt, wrote in his authors column:
Absence of Ukrainian racism proves
we should sort out our own problems before preaching to others. So what do you
think? Maybe we owe Ukraine an apology. Maybe we even owe UEFA president
Michel Platini an apology..
However, the dissemination of reports about racism most dissappointed
England coach Roy Hodgson. As a result we lost a lot of fans who have been
put off by horror stories about how life
would be in Ukraine and Poland. I feel
sorry for those people because all the
people who have come over here, they
cant speak highly enough and we have
been treated with great courtesy and
kindness everywhere, Hodgson said.
Now we can say that the myth of
racism in Ukraine is disproved. Recently
BBC released a footage about EURO
2012 in Ukraine titled EURO 2012
proves a treat, on and off the pitch. Besides the general nature of stories about
Ukraine has become more positive, Voloshyn emphasized.

Beauty and hospitality

Ukrainian cities have warmly welcomed
European fans impressing them with
their friendliness, beauty and comfort.
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After seven decades of Soviet dominance, Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, has
emerged as one of Europes most vibrant
21st-century cities, says The New York
Times. The American newspaper notes
that due to EURO 2012 the host city has
become fashionable, and like a magnet
attracts thousands of tourists from around
the world. A positive and enthusiastic reviews of the tournament in the foreign
media have added advantages to the international reputation of the country.
Ukrainians are fantastically hospitable
people and the atmosphere in the country during EURO 2012 is 100% positive,
England fans in Kyiv told the British TV
channel BBC. Its brilliant! The Ukrainian people are absolutely fantastic, weve
had a really good time. Everybody loves
their football, so its really, really good.
Its just a really positive atmosphere. Everyone is in a party mood, really positive,
so its been a good experience so far, two
England female fans said.
Supporters of Roy Hodgsons squad
say: nowhere weve been welcomed as
warm as in Ukraine. The Ukrainians
have really embraced the vibe, they enjoy
their football and the fan zones have been
spectacular, says Graham Bleanch of
the UK Football Supporters Federation.
The general mood in the fan zones,
on the streets of Ukrainian cities this
is what is impossible to fake. We really have sincere and friendly people, so
weve surprised the Europeans! This is
what can be considered the biggest opening of EURO 2012, says Mr. Voloshyn.
A striking example of what Ukrainians are an extremely friendly nation and
the Europeans felt comfortable at EURO
2012 in Ukraine, was a friendly and
sincere atmosphere during the championship. This was stressed by the first
deputy chairman of the National Agency
for EURO 2012 Oleksandr Birsan. In
fact, preparing for the championship, we
have predicted all possible difficulties
and hoped that the information component would work with us in unison, and
it went wrong. But the best argument
that has refuted all the negative, was the
championship, which was held extremely well, the official explained.

They will come

back for sure

A ten-thousand army of Dutch fans, decided to thank the city for their hospitality.
More than two dozen orange billboards,
decorated with posters depicting the tulip
and the words Thank you, Kharkiv! are

installed in different parts of the city. The

boards were ordered by representatives
of the Embassy of the Netherlands in
Ukraine. This is probably the best proof
that Europeans are satisfied with the organization of the championship in Ukraine
and will return to us for sure.
Everyone who visited EURO 2012
were happy that they came to Ukraine.
Hospitality of Ukrainians impressed the
European fans, they spoke positively
about our country and the organization
of the championship, EURO 2012 director Martin Kallen said.
When fans were coming to Ukraine,
they were slightly heads-up, but returning home they were tuned positively and
surprised with the hospitality of Ukrainians. I think the large percentage of fans
who visited Ukraine will return to the
country, Kallen noted.
However, the EURO 2012 director
emphasized that even 2-3 years ago there
was a likelihood of depriving Ukraine of
the right to host the tournament. But 6-8
months before the tournament the issue
was lifted, the EURO official said.
The successful conduct of finals of
the European Football Championship in
2012 is an excellent opportunity for fur-

ther promotion of Ukraine worldwide, believe American journalists from the reputable CNN channel, which has launched a
series of programmes about our country
titled Eye on Ukraine. With the start
of the tournament all the talks of racism
and football hooligans are over. People
who joined the football festival discussed
their own game. This is a huge success for
Ukraine and an excellent platform for further promotion throughout the world,said CNN reporter Max Foster, who visited Ukraine during EURO 2012. He added
that football fans are proud to become part
of a great event. The whole tournaments
been a great success forUkraine. It went
incredibly well forUkraine,Foster said/
A good organization of the championship has added to the positive image
of Ukraine much more than any information campaign. EURO 2012 has shown
thousands of ordinary Europeans, far
from politics and economy, that Ukraine
is a civilized, developed European country. No PR-campaign wouldnt have
reached this effect, for Ukraine has held
a very important international event at
the level no one expected of her, Voloshyn concluded.
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Medical workers pass

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Emergency medical aid services provided to football players and fans

at the 2012 European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine
were in line with high UEFA standards. Representatives of the Football
Association visited local stadiums at the very height of EURO2012
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n inspection was carried out at each

match of the first round of the group
stage. Meanwhile, in order to analyze
operation of medical personnel in the
field, ambulances, first-aid posts for fans
and organization of services in general,
UEFA representatives visited stadiums
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the matches conducted in line with existing standards and comply with the
requirements of the teams, players and
fans, the chairman of the UEFA Medical Committee, Dr Michel DHooghe,
has said. The organizers of the championship in Poland and Ukraine have managed to persuade us that first medical aid
services are provided during matches at
the level proper for modern stadiums.
UEFA requirements have been observed at all stadiums of the European
Championship. Availability of defibrillators, oxygen masks, stretchers and oth-

er rescue means serve as proof of this.

Inspections have demonstrated that
stadiums comply with all requirements
to provision of medical services at the
highest level, and this is very pleasing,
UEFA medical officer at EURO2012 in
Poland Professor Stewart Hillis has noted. Services were provided in line with
the requirements needed for a large-scale
and significant event of this kind. Of
course, no-one wishes incidents to occur, but both players and fans sometimes
have to turn for medical aid in football
arenas. Our aim lies in securing this aid
to a high level.

Small injuries

The total number of cases when guests

and fans applied for medical aid in
Ukraine during EURO2012 was 1,144,
with medical aid being granted to 640
foreigners and 504 Ukrainian fans.
Ukrainian medical workers provided timely and high-quality aid to
EURO 2012 guests. In the majority
of cases, the applications were mainly
caused by small injuries, combustions
and alcoholic intoxication. There were
some cases of allergic reactions provoked by uncustomary food, drinks and
insect bites. There were cases of sunstroke caused by heat in Donetsk and
Kharkiv, but small injuries prevailed in
the other EURO cities.
During the period of the championship, ambulatory medical patrols operated in all stadiums, medical posts were
organized, and ambulances were on
duty. In particular, 21 medical institutions were involved in medical support
to guests in Kyiv: six basic and 15 reserve ones. During the period between
matches, services to guests and fans
were provided by medical personnel
from the Oleksandrivska clinical hospital, clinical hospitals No 12 and No 17,
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riod were the Feofaniya clinical hospital,

the Ukrainian Defence Ministrys main
clinical hospital and the Boris clinic.
Besides the aforementioned medical
institutions, 15 ambulances were on duty
every day in Kyiv alone, and seven of
them were places within the perimeter
of the fan zone and were ready to provide out-patient medical aid, and another
seven brigades were on duty on the approaches to the fan zone as a reserve.
One team of specialized psychiatric
medical aid was also involved.

Do you speak English?

Yes, of course!

Special attention was allotted to language training of personnel, because

provision of aid to a patient requires the
knowledge of specific lexicon with narrow specialization. It was decided at the
level of the ministry that assistance to
experienced physicians will be provided
by their junior colleagues: medical university students who know foreign languages. On the one hand, this has simplified the work of practicing physicians
and, on the other, it granted invaluable
experience of practical work at the European-scale event to beginners.
The Open Healthcare English 2012
programme was also most helpful in
resolving the language issue. It envisaged free training in English for medical
personnel. As of September 2011, thoroughly selected specialists in different
spheres joined a detached self-sufficient
team of professionals for resolving the
medical problems of foreign guests at
the championship. It consisted of medical personnel from state medical institutions assigned as the basic ones for
providing aid during the football tournament. In the course of eight months
of training within the framework of the
Open Healthcare English 2012 project,
medical workers developed their skills
in granting medical aid with the use of
the English language.

Medical personnel
training conducted
perfectly

A US expert in medical sphere has confessed that he is impressed with the level
of preparedness and the quality of the
services provided by Ukrainian medical
workers during EURO2012. The thing
I was impressed with was the knowledge of medical workers. They are able

to explain the details of implementation

of the medical safety plan. This means
that they not only fulfill their everyday
job, but also understand the general
task of medical support during EURO
in Ukraine, the first deputy director of
the California State Emergency Medical Services Authority (USA), Dr Daniel
Smiley, has said.
During his stay in Kyiv, Mr Smiley
observed the way medical teams were
trained over the period of one month:
Training was aimed at reaction in case
of a chemical or radiation threat arising,
though this threat is most unlikely. Everything was organized at the highest level,
the US expert told journalists. While visiting your country, I saw that the Health
Ministry had exerted efforts for planning
details; the emergency aid service was
also actively involved in planning, and
special resources were allocated for this.
I saw the coordinated way of operation
of mobile teams. In particular, substantial
resources were allocated in modern technologies and medications.
Besides this, Daniel Smiley notes
that Ukraine demonstrates not just high
standards of medical support, but also
unprecedented hospitality. Ukraine can
serve as an example of thorough preparations; it demonstrates the highest level,
the first deputy director of the California
State Emergency Medical Services Authority (USA) summed up.
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Michel Platini:

Euro2012 in Ukraine,
Poland becomes real triumph
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A fantastic European Championship with a unique atmosphere has

taken place in Ukraine and Poland, and the host countries have
established new standards of hosting the tournament. In addition
to wonderful organization, fans who came to the tournament from
around the whole world have demonstrated a high level of support.
This high appraisal of the organization of EURO2012 was made by
UEFA President Michel Platini at the final press conference in Kyiv.

Euro makes step

eastwards to win

To be frank, I am overfilled with emotions. I cannot express my pride of

Ukraine and Poland in words. Both
countries have demonstrated a high level
of organization and have established new
standards of quality for hosting the European Championship, and it will be difficult for new host countries to surpass
them. This is why the first championship
in Eastern Europe was a great success.
This is a real triumph, the UEFA chief
said convincingly. Emotional European
football chief thanked Ukrainians and
Poles for their enthusiasm and hospitality many times. He thanked residents
of host cities who hosted guests of the
tournament in an open and friendly manner. Everyone was aware or the way of
treating fans and taking care of them, and
everyone supported teams together with
guests from the whole world.
According to him, in addition to this,
the 2012 European Championship may
boast of numerous achievements. In particular, a record in tournament matches
attendance has been set: it now makes
around 1.5 million viewers (to be more
precise, 1,440,973). The average number
of fans having viewed each match in the
arena was over 45,000. Meanwhile, there
were cases when two-thirds of viewers
in arenas represented countries who
had dropped out of the tournament. The
twofold growth in the number of fans
who watched the tournament on TV has
proved that EURO 2012 was not only
a European tournament, as broadcasting rates growth in Asian and American
countries had been registered.
Michel Platini has emphasized that
all this serves as proof of immense interest in the championship, which enabled
both Ukraine and Poland to present themselves to the world. The countries have
got worldwide promotion. They also have
unique experience: 6,000 volunteers provided services during the tournament, and
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8,000 journalists worked at the championship. It is important to add that the majority of guests of the tournament were in
Ukraine and Poland for the first time, the
European football supervisor believes.

Ukraine, Poland:
dividends from 2012
European Championship

Michel Platini put special emphasis on

the tournaments role in internal growth
of the host countries, Ukraine and Poland. According to him, they have not
only demonstrated to the whole world
their capacity to organize events on such
a scale, but they have also effectively
modernized their countries.
EURO will leave important heritage to both countries: in economic and
infrastructure growth, the same way as
in football development. The European
Championship has never made such a
major impact on the host countries before: on sports, the economy, infrastructure and social sphere. The countries
may be proud of the accomplished work,
their enthusiasm and final result. As for
me personally, I am proud of them! the
UEFA president emphasized.
But the emotional component is of
primary importance. The tournament
was excellent, and air communication was
wonderfully organized. The most important thing I saw in the eyes of Ukrainians
and Poles was their great pride. You cannot believe how proud they were to demonstrate that football existed in Eastern
Europe, Michel Platini summed up.
According to him, the start of the
championship was the most emotional
moment. As regards me personally,
the most memorable moment was when
the referee blew the whistle at the start
of the opening match. Its meaning was
that, following five years of intense work
and preparations, we finally reached the
thing of importance: football. I knew that
it was the start of a unique event, Michel Platini emphasized.

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In addition, both Ukraine and Poland

have presented themselves as hospitable
and tolerant countries, and no manifestations of racism have been registered on
their territories. In response to a question from a foreign journalist about the
attitude of the UEFA chief to the fact
that hysteria over racism in Ukraine initiated by BBC had not been confirmed
and, on the contrary, fans had seen a
hospitable, friendly and tolerant country, Michel Platini said: Everyone who
came to the tournament can confirm
that manifestations of racism were not
registered either in Ukraine or in Poland. All fans saw this. The European
football chief believes that racism exists
in many countries, even in France and
England, and the whole world should
fight against this. In order to fight this
phenomenon, UEFA initiates numerous
educational programmes. Of course,
the European Championship will not
change the world. But we are making
our contribution to the common cause,
Michel Platini added. At the same time,
the head of the Football Federation of
Ukraine, Hryhoriy Surkis, added that the
best response to the BBC film and Sol
Campbell, who had unreasonably accused Ukraine of racism, was the coffin
with the inscription Campbell, you are
wrong! carried by English fans around
Donetsk. The English fans association
has also given its response to BBC: it
plans to appeal to a court against the
makers of the untrue film.

who attended matches en masse, the same

way as Ukrainian and Polish fans who
provided strong support for their teams.

Experiment after
experiment

In view of the fact that the idea of organizing the European Championship in
Eastern Europe justified itself, Michel
Platini has proposed a new experimental
format of holding EURO2020 which is
obviously planned to be dedicated to the
60th anniversary of the first European
Championship. Michel Platini announced
after the executive committee meeting in
Kyiv that the 2020 tournament could be
organized in 12 cities of a single European country or in 12 European cities,
even taking one city from each country.
You will be astonished by this idea,
but it is related to the fact that it will be
easier for each country to build one stadium, one airport and to ensure the flow
of transport, Michel Platini noted. In response to criticism from journalists with

Supporting teams
without borders

Michel Platini made several mentions of

the important role of tournament guests in
the festive atmosphere. Moreover, UEFA
has decided to present a special award to
Irish fans for their devotion to the national
team and model support. The associations
executive committee took this decision,
having estimated the behaviour of all fans
supporting the tournaments participating countries. Moreover, the president of
the Association will visit Ireland to present the award to fans in person. We were
impressed with the way Irish fans behaved
in Poland: their support of the team was
impressive and they behaved properly at
the same time, UEFA Secretary-General
Gianni Infantino emphasized.
Meanwhile, Mr Platini has thanked
all fans who came for the tournament to
Ukraine and Poland on behalf of the European Football Association, and especially
singled out Irish, Swedish and Dutch fans

regard to possibly high expenses for fans

related to flights from one country to another to attend 51 EURO matches, Platini said: All in all, we shall consider the
option of cheap flights. I am convinced
that there will be many pro and contra
views in this discussion. We shall discuss
this idea. For the moment, the proposal
to host the tournament in 12 European
cities is just an idea, he emphasized.
The format of holding EURO2020 will
be ultimately determined at the UEFA
Executive Committee next January.
Lesya Solovchuk
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/Group A

/Group

/Czech Republic

4/5

/Germany

/Greece

3/3

/Portugal

/Russia

5/3

/Poland

2/3

5/2

5/4

/Denmark

4/5

/Netherlands

2/5

/Quarterfinals
21.06.2012
/Czech Republic /Portugal

22.06.2012
/Germany /Greece

0:1

4:2

/ Semifinals
27.06.2012
/Portugal /Spain

0:0

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C/Group C

D/Group D

/Spain

6/1

/England

5/3

/Italy

4/2

/France

3/3

/Croatia

4/3

/Ukraine

2/4

/Republic of Ireland

1/9

/Sweden

5/5

23.06.2012
/Spain /France

2:0

24.06.2012
/England /Italy

0:0

(./. 2:4)

28.06.2012
/Germany /Italy

1:2

/Final
01.07.2012
/Spain /Italy

4:0
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The Spanish sky -

over Europe
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Even with the extremely successful conduct of EURO 2012 its

organizational component would be incomplete if the main figures of
the continental championship did not demonstrate the ultra-modern
play. A lot of teams showed a new model to follow in organizing the
team play - someone more, someone less. Envious characteristics
went to the teams of Italy and Portugal, Germany and Croatia. One
would do well to learn from them, but today they are in the second
tier in the rankings. The first, however regrettable, includes the only
one team. The EURO 2012 champions showed that the Spanish team
stand alone, and if the football affairs will develop under the scenario
of the last four years, they will have no rivals in the near future.

The Star Factory

Its difficult to say how much time

should pass for Ukraine to implement
a comprehensive training program for
masters of the leather ball, but what we have
declared 15 years ago, in Spain it has been
effective for decades now and provides elite
benefits. The top of the pyramid is, of course,
the mens national team of Spain, but if you
look at other football teams, it becomes
clear: they dominated everywehere.
They have no equal in futsal, women are
among the leaders, junior and youth teams
regularly take first places at the continental
and world championships . (By the way, the
Spanish U-19 were the first to defend the
European Champions title in 2007). That
is, the pyramid of personnel training is built
in the way that Spain dominate in football
everywhere. So, of course, with such an
approach they will never feel shortage of
extra-class professionals.

Important is also the fact that all the

candidates pass into the team through
a sieve of the Primera - the strongest
league in the world. The proof is not far
to seek. Its enough to raise the archive
of the dream teams that UEFA names
based on surveys of coaches of national
teams. Every time 7-8 representatives
of the Primera, half of which - the
Spaniards. After last years poll the
TOP 11 were diluted with Robben of
Bayern, Bale of Tottenham and Silva
from Milan. And, interestingly, in the
dream team 2011 there was no place
for now injured Puyol and Villa, as
well as Sergio Ramos, Fabregas, Puyol,
Busquets and David Silva, who joined
the EURO 2012 dream team. So, today
this team, if its not to take into account
two phenomena Messi and Ronaldo, has
collected the best, and only the improper
motivation could put into question their

Spain team records

Spain claimed the largest victory in the finals (4:0), first won two consecutive European
championships and in terms of the number of
continental titles is equal with Germany (three).
Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque has become the second after German coach Helmut
Schoen to make his squad win the World and
European championships.
Immediately 8 players of the Spanish
team are co-owners of a new record by taking part in two victorious EURO finals. This is
Iker Casillas, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Ramos,
David Silva, Fernando Torres, Cesc Fabregas,
Xabi Alonso and Havi.
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Fernando Torres has become the first

player to score in two finals.
Iker Casillas repeated the record of
Dutchman Edwin van der Sar, having
kept clean sheats in final tournaments of
9matches. At EURO 2012 the Spain goalkeeper did not miss the ball in 509 minutes
(5 games), surpassing the record of the
same van der Sar at EURO 2000 in just
147minutes..
The reliable play of Casillas allowed the
Spanish team to break two unbeaten records that were set by Italy in 1968-1980
(4matches, 493 minutes).

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success. Coach Del Bosque with this

problem has successfully coped and
now we have a single global team that
twice in a row triumphs in Europe and
in the break between the continental
battles have got even the World Cup.

A strict mustachioed
man with a childs
directness

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque as no

one else knows what is the key to success
of not only this, but any other team. Once
he was deriving a universal formula in
the junior school of Real Madrid where
with two brief trips to the first team he
worked for 15 years. We live in an era
of Spanish football, said Del Bosque.
The success is not accidental, because
our clubs dominate in football, the best
coaches work with our youth. It has taken
many years. I remember, I toured the
schools in Germany and France. I shared
best practices and implemented them at
home. Now, all come to us. Hence, our
play model is the most progressive in the
world, the Spanish coach noted.
Del Bosque is not afraid that his main
stars - Iker Casillas, Habi Alonso, Xavi
Hernandez and Andres Iniesta have made
all possible in football and will soon start
to go out of the race. According to the
mentor, each team passe through this
stage, but the painful generation change
may strike only if one is in the sun and
does not look into the future. Of course,
these players are irreplaceable, without
them it was impossible to win the last
three titles. These successes allowed to
name the last few years our golden era.
But we dont sit idly by. Just compare the
champion teams of 2008 and 2012. Due
to an effective work with youngsters
we constantly see new players. The
personnel have updated by almost half,
but this does not influence the results.
Im sure that soon the world will learn
about the new outstanding players. We
follow a certain style of play that is
acceptable to us, but annoys opponents.
I know once we will lose. This happens
with all teams. However, we will stick to
the chosen path and try to hold out on top
as long as possible, Del Bosque said.
Notably, with the EURO 2012 win,
Del Bosque has become the first coach in
the world who managed to lead his team
to the World Cup, EURO and Champions
League (with Real) titles. And he will
remain as Spain coach at least until the
European Football Championship finals
in Brazil in 2014.

A phenomenon of the
wizards of the ball

The Spanish national team during EURO

2012 have experienced so many criticism
that probably it would be enough for half
the participants of the championship. The
critics said they have boring style and in
general its time to put an end to all these
passesin the middle of the pitch. However,
in practice it turned out that only two teams
- Croatia and Portugal - have some strong
arguments to oppose to the champions.
Italy also worthily defeated invasions from
the Spanish team, but, unlike other teams,
they were no longer lucky they had to
meet with the squad of Del Bosque twice.
In the finale the Spaniards answered to
all: they cut Italy to pieces. Even with the
score 4:0 they flew to Buffon like a kite on
a pigeon. Thus, they have recorded some
interesting achievements.
Spain, unlike other teams, have
managed to repeat the achievements of the
last championship for one main reason: the
winners were able to keep the appetite for
success. And make sure that the motivation
of the champions was higher than that of
the rivals. It turns out that this is worked out
yet in childrens and youth age. According
to the former well-known national team
defender, and now sporting director of
the Royal Spanish Football Federation,
Fernando Hierro, psychological stability
in the preparation of young players is on
a par with the development of football
skills and combativity. You cant achieve
good results if you fall into the euphoria
after the victory or fall into the despair

after the defeat. Our most important values

- loyalty, friendship, ease and shyness. In
our football schools theres no place for
arrogance, self-confidence and sense of
superiority over others. One can achieve
long-term success only with positive
human qualities that allow to combat
complacency, pride and not to stop there.
Our players know the saying: If you want
to prove how much you are great, its really
not the case, Hierro emphasized.
Apparently, the Spanish players of the
current convocation have no unnecessary
waste in the head. They position themselves
as the rest of their countrys citizens, however,
in fact, they are football wizards with a gift
that not everyone has. All of the above has
eventually led to the uniqueness, originality
shown by the Spanish play. This team, by
controlling the ball and due to complete
dedication, forced rivals to run constantly in
search of their play. Acting, because of the
injured Villa, actually without a striker, they,
nevertheless, have always been targeted to
attack. It turned out that they didnt have a
pure forward, because the high culture of
ball possession, individual class and level of
thinking made his absence invisible. In the
team goals are scored even by defenders,
and their assistance in the attack in no way
affects the coordination of defense. Fact: in
the playoffs Spain have missed no ball for
six years. Moreover, they have Iniesta and
Xavi. With such dribblers, the rest during
the game may even run for a bottle of beer.
When they come back, the ball will still be
with someone of them.
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national team

The European Championship, despite the unsatisfactory result of the

Ukrainian national team, has left a positive impression. If you base it
on the rankings of the teams taking part, the result is logical. We even
jumped up a bit, taking 11th place in the tournament. However, the aftertaste, of course, remains. Despite the dry statistics, we would want it
much better because, as they say, even the walls help the tournament
hosts. And the potential of Oleh Blokhins subordinates does not look
worse than, say, the British, to whom we lost the deciding match.
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EURO 2012:
Farewell, Sheva!
Hello, new era!
One can only guess what heights our team could conquer, if it were
not for the storm during the match with the French and the referees error in determining the capture of Harts gate. But there are
no ifs in history, so we must satisfy ourselves with what we have.
Moreover, there is no time for procrastination. In early September
the World Cup qualification round will begin, so we must think how
to patch up the holes that we saw in the game of Ukrainian team at
Euro and those formed after it.
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IN goal CONSISTENTLY
DULL

The last position in the national team

does not evoke any criticism. Andriy Pyatov, who by the will of chance became
the first number in the national team due
to injuries to Oleksandr Shovkovsky
and Andriy Dykan, apparently did all he
could. During the Euro the goalkeeper
missed four balls, which we will look
into. In the match against Sweden there
was the error by Yarmolenko, who, instead of knocking the ball out for a corner, decided to hold it and in doing so
began an attack for the opponents. Ibrahimovic scored from the six-yard box, so
Pyatov had no chance to save the team.
In the game against the French Andriy
played reliably. Suffice to mention two incidents in the first half, when only his excellent response did not allow the guests
to get a comfortable advantage even before the break. Pyatov saved the team with
both hands and feet. In such a situation
tactical changes were advised to protect
from trouble in the second half. They did
Mat.

Min.

G(P)

S/I

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3(3)

270

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Oleh Husev

3(3)

270

2/0

3/0

Yevhen Selin

3(3)

270

0/0

2/4

Yevhen Khacheridi

3(3)

270

0/0

1/11

Taras Mykhalyk

2(2)

180

0/0

1/2

Yaroslav Rakitskiy

1(1)

90

1/0

2/1

Bohdan Butko

1(0)

14

0/0

0/0

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk

3(3)

270

2/0

8/1

Yevhen Konoplyanka

3(3)

269

(1)

13/3

2/6

Andriy Yarmolenko

3(3)

247

(1)

4/2

2/3

Serhiy Nazarenko

3(2)

162

2/0

1/1

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Defenders
1y

1y

While Defending
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Midfielders

Denys Harmash

1(1)

77

2/0

2/3

Oleksandr Aliyev

1(0)

23

1/0

0/0

Ruslan Rotan

1(0)

0/0

0/0

3(2)

191

6/4

4/5

2y

Forwards
Andriy Shevchenko
Artem Milevskiy

3(1)

117

1/0

1/4

Marko Devich

3(1)

115

3/2

0/2

Andriy Voronin

2(2)

129

1/1

2/5

2(2)

38/12

31/50

Total

270

1y

5y

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not come to pass, and so the French used

the next chances they got. When Menez
scored the goalkeeper went for the ball
and therefore cleared the near post. Another thing is that Selin played passively
during defence. Instead of attacking the
opponent, forcing him closer to the corner flag, the tournament debutant of this
class for some reason stood in front of the
midfielder as though he had been kicked.
And Pyatov was not at fault for the
second goal either. It gathered a chain of
errors: Yarmolenko gave the ball away,
Khacheridi slipped, Mykhalyk lost his
position.
The goalkeeper can be blamed only
for the goal scored by England. Somehow it seems that if in place of Andriy
one of the outfield players had been in
that situation, the ball would have been
over the central line of the field in a
second. However, goalkeepers have a
somewhat different speciality. Andriy
probably did not think that in such a situation it was safer to play with ones feet.
He sat on both feet and had no chance
of intercepting the pass after a chain of
ricochets.
And so Andriy Pyatov can safely be
rated a little above average played reliably, but did not save us at the crucial
moment. Perhaps because of a lack of
match practice for his club. Given that
Andriy now has no more competitors at
Shakhtar, then, hopefully, the goalkeeper
will have lots of game time. Thus, in the
selection for the World Cup the last position, on our opinion, is closed.

Modern football trends are such that each

nominal defender has to score regularly.
These players are in every top national
team, and ours must have such players
too. Poltava native Yevhen Selin acted
on the left flank. There is nothing to say
about the attacking steps of the defender,
and though at Vorskla he makes runs forward, he is afraid to cross the halfway line
when playing for the national team. And
in his direct position he often makes mistakes. When the opponent starts to run in
circles he loses his position. It was from
that flank that the French had shots twice
and scored on the third attempt. The crucial pass also came from Yevhens zone
in the match with England.
Let us not enumerate candidates for
this position now, but if you compare

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him with Ashley Cole, who plays in the

national team of England, with which we
will play in the qualifying round for the
World Cup, it will be to our defenders
favour. Oleh Blokhin needs to strengthen
this position.
In the centre of defence we saw two
options, and both were with Yevhen
Khacheridi. In the first case his partner
is Taras Mykhalyk. Unfortunately, the
Dynamo player still has not reached the
required form, and made mistakes both
in position and speed. When Yaroslav
Rakitskiy came on the field we saw a
very different picture. In any case, our
forward players stopped looking back
while playing. However, the competition for places in the centre of defence
should still be strengthened. Fortunately, there is the possibility of manoeuvre here. Lets hope that Dmytro
Chyhrynskiy, who played eight games
out of 10 in Shakhtars preparation
period before the season, will finally
recover.
Things are worse on the right flank.
If attacking midfielder Oleh Husev still
plays there then, obviously, his rival for
the position of defender, Bohdan Butko,
does not justify the credit given to him.
Perhaps because of youth he gets baffled
on the field, and the fear of mistake, as
you know, increases the possibility of
making it by several times. He rarely
goes on the attack, and it is not even
known what his shot is like. And what
was seen at training shows that the guy
needs to work on himself diligently.

the BRAINs of the

NATIONAL TEAM WORK
with INSPIRATION

Where we have least problems is in midfield. If wing midfielders Yarmolenko

and Konoplanka thought less about defence, then, obviously, they would be
much more useful in attack. Surely no
less than in the clubs they play for. Both
were given a fair share of technique by
nature, and both Andriy and Yevhen
shoot at goal from any position and run
in such a way that will they give athletes
a head start. Both stayers and sprinters.
In coming years they will have no competition in the national team, though,
according to Blokhin, they would be
welcome, as any force majeure will give
them an extra headache.
There is also not enough competition in the central zone. If the person of

Harmasch provides a visible replacement

for Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, there is still
no one to play the role of Nazarenko.
Many, however, suggest Bezus, but his
abilities have not yet been revealed in the
national team. In overall teams, the midfield of the national team at Euro is the
most vivid memory. In the middle line at
team has gathered, from which the ball
can be taken away only along with the
feet. The boys, however, need to grow.
God willing, Dnipro and Dynamo will
get into the group stages of European
cups. There the issue of lack of experience is resolved more quickly. However,
given the current level of midfield in the
national team, it is sufficient to address
the issue of getting to the World Cup in
Brazil in 2014.

Something which, unfortunately,

cannot be said about the forward line.
Andriy Shevchenko, after giving the
national team 17 years, has gone into
floating freely. Behind him there is a
desert. Not a single Ukrainian forward
has stated a claim to leadership yet. Milevsky, Seleznyov, Voronin, Devic are
good footballers, but who of them scores
at least one goal every five games for the
national team. Midfielders can boast a
better strike rate. The coaching staff will
obviously stake on them in the qualification for the World Cup, which starts in
September.
In general terms it is quite possible
to pass the group stage with this team. A
reminder that the opponents are England,
Montenegro, Poland, Moldova and San
Marino. Euro 2012 has shown that in this
group we must compete for first place.
However, this potential is not enough
for the football championship in Brazil.
There we will need to have a greater fuse
of strength.

NATIONAL TEAM OF
UKRAINE IN EURO 2012

In the three matches of the group stage,

the head coach of the national team, Oleh
Blokhin, used 18 players. Five did not
appear on the field: goalkeepers Maksym
Koval and Oleksandr Horyainov, defenders Oleksandr Kucher and Vyacheslav
Shevchuk as well as forward Yevhen
Seleznyov. The overall statistics of the
performance of Ukrainian players are as
follows:
Gennadiy Chekhovskiy

Shevchenko has set

an ETERNAL RECORD
The two goals scored by the
captain of our team in the
Swedish goal rounded up
an achievement, which will
remain unbeaten in coming
decades. In matches of European and World Championships Andriy Shevchenko
distressed opponents
40times. The closest pursuers of the Golden Ball winner did not cross even the
10 goals mark 9 effective
shots were made by Serhiy
Rebrov and 7 by Andriy

Husin. Of those playing now

Oleh Husyev has 6 goals
and Serhiy Nazarenko has
5goals. Tymerlan Huseynov
has the same number of wellaimed shots to his name.
Andriy Shevchenko played
a total of 111 matches
(48goals) for the national
team, of which 74 were in
qualifying games/finals of
European and World Cup finals. The average efficiency
of our captain is 0.54 goals
per game.
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Unknown Iniesta
15 facts from the life of the best
football player at EURO 2012
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One can say with every reason that

Andres is the cock of the village. He
is not ashamed of his provincial origins. The future leader of Barcelona
and the Spanish national team was
born in the town of Fuentealbilla (Albacete
Province). The population of this tiny town is
less than 2,000 people. Iniesta is star number
one and immediately honorary fellow villager for local villagers.

Iniestas grandfather had a

small tavern in the village.
Almost all the boys relatives worked there: his father,
mother, uncles, aunts and
evenhis younger sister Mirabel. That was
a kind of family contract. Luckily, no-one
forced Andres to wash dishes or to carry
out the trash, otherwise the world would not
have learned about Iniesta the talented football player. His parents did not hinder their
sons sport activities. On the contrary, they
welcomed them in every possible way. The
latter played with neighboring boys in the
yard for days. As we can see, it paid off.

When Iniesta was eight years of

age, free-wheeling football
ended for him and organized
football began in the Albacete
childrens team.His father and
mother in turn delivered their son for training in the provincial centre or, as we would
say, regional centre. But just imagine, a oneway trip there is 100 kilometers! Of course,

the family business suffered because of the

absence of this or that worker, but time has
proved the insight of Andres parents. School
teachers also met the wishes of the young football player: they let him leave class 30 minutes
earlier in order to get him to training on time.

When our hero was 12 years

of age, he attracted the attention of ever-present Barcelona scouts at a childrens
tournament. And it was
in September when almost every resident of
Fuenteabilla saw off their young compatriot
to the school of the legendary club. Parting
was difficult, with sobs and tears, but there
are offers which cannot be turned down. And
precisely an offer of this kind came to Iniestas family in 1996.

It was painful for Andres to adjust himself to new realities. The

immense megalopolis frightened the boy with its size, the
uncertainty made him tense, and
solitude suppressed him. I found myself 500
km away from my native home in a city where
I knew no-one, Iniesta recalled later when discussing one of the most difficult periods of his
life. Of course, his parents visited their son, but
not frequently: once orat best twice a month.
The familys modest earnings did not enable
them to travel to Barcelona and back.

dossier
Andres Iniesta Lujan
Was born on 11 May 1984 in Fuentealbilla (Spain).
Midfielder. Height 170 cm, weight 65 kg. Played for
Albacete childrens teams. Has been playing
for Barcelona since 1996, and in the clubs first team
since 2002.
World Cup winner in 2010. European championship
winner in 2008 and 2012. Champions League winner
in 2005/06, 2008/09 and 2010/11 seasons. Super Cup
UEFA Winner in 2009, 2011. Spanish championship
winner in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Spanish
Cup winner in 2009 and 2011. Winner of Spanish
Super Cup in 2005, 2006 2009, 2010, 2011. Played at
2006 World Cup. European Youth U16, U17, U19
Championship winner.

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The player warmly recalls his

fellow pupils from the Barcelona school. They helped the
provincial boy to adjust himself
quicker to the big city. Three
graduates of the same year have got into the
clubs first team: Victor Valdes, Carles Puyol
and Iniesta himself.

When the boy was 18 and

began earning money for the
first time, his parents and sister
moved to him to the Catalan
capital. That was also a difficult step for them: it is much more difficult to
undertake drastic changes in life at a mature
age than in childhood or as a teenager. Since
that time, they are rarely guests in Fuentealbilla. However, the whole family celebrates
Christmas in their native place without fail: it
can be said that this is a kind of ritual.

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Andres began his playing career at Barca with the number

34 on his shirt. Then the figures
2 and 4 appeared on his football shirt. But Iniesta has been
invariably playing with eight on his back
since June 2007. He probably inherited it
from Frenchman Ludovic Giuly.

Our hero has passed through

all the stages of training at
Barcelona except for the lowest ones for children. Before
making his debut in the main
team, he spent two years in another team.
Between 2002 and 2004 the clubs young
trainee found himself between the first team
and the reserve team. Since the 2004/05 season, he has been playing for just one team,
the first team.

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On 25 May 2008 the

midfielder prolonged
his contract with
the pomegranateblues till 30 June
2014. According to the new contract, the sum
of its early termination was increased from
60m to 150m euros. This is the exact sum
which a potential buyer has to pay to Barca if
he wishes to acquire the football player over
from the Camp Nou.

In the future, once his

active career comes to
an end, Iniesta plans to
dedicate himself to wine
production. However, in
view of the careful way that Andres treats his
health, it can be assumed that he will not take
up the implementation of these plans very
soon. The midfielder is presently just 26, and
this is the age of a players flourishing. Iniesta
seems likely to play for some 8-10 more years.
Of course, if he does not get bored with it.

Iniesta considers
impatience and stubbornness to be his
biggest weaknesses,
while the wish to
be good to everyone to be a virtue of his.
Of course, this does not apply to opponents
during a game.

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remember
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a good
person

Iniesta was in a civil marriage with Anna Ortis for

three years. A daughter,
Valeriya, was born on
3April 2011. On 8 July
2012 the couple officialy married.

The midfielder is an
active user of social
networks: he has his
personal pages on
Facebook and Twitter.
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Fireworks in honor of the winners of EURO 2012, whose fires lit up

the sky over the Olympic NSC on July 1, brought an end to the most
successful, according to UEFA President Michel Platini, continental
championship of all time. The first tournament in Eastern Europe went
down in history, setting along its way several records that one can
improve only by working hard.

he European Championship 2012 stands

alone in all respects. It has broken the records of attendance, the amount of beer
consumed and meat eaten, modern traffic
arteries are launched, and most importantly, there are now bridges that allowed
to show the world the true face of Ukrainianssincere, hospitable and friendly.
There is something symbolic that the
first in Eastern Europe finale of the largest
caliber tournament was held in Kyiv. It is
the place where great victories have been
forged on the football pitches of the former
socialist camp. Looking back, the Spanish media before the finale complimented
the innovator of the coaching workshop
Valery Lobanovsky, picking up to describe
his genius exciting to tears epithets. Rate
this: Lobanovsky instilled in this part of
the world a taste for a big game and accustomed to great victories. His untimely
death prevented him from fulfilling the
dream of him and millions of Ukrainians
to win the European Championship, but a
bright star of Valery Lobanovsky shone in
the finales night in the sky, and his spirit
and his memory will always be present at
the Olympic stadium. Players in red shirts
took the field with another star, embroidered on their breast. Our guys played so
as to make not only our dream come true,
but the dream of the Man with only a slight
smile, who initiated it many years ago and
did everything for it to become true to
make football move forward.
EURO 2012has set very high standards
of hosting such tournaments. You can find
out about organizational matters on other
pages of our magazine, but here we are focusing on purely sporting nuances.

Everything is number

The ultra-modern Olympic NSC from

the first attempt has set a few achievements: the stadium recorded the highest
attendance during the tournamentEngland vs Sweden (64,640spectators),
and the final appeared to be among the
best in history (63,170). Overall, the

EURO matches at stadiums were attended by over 1.4million fans that, on average, makes 46,471at a match. For
comparison, stadiums at the previous
EURO in Austria and Switzerland were
visited by 1.14million viewers.
A duel between Poland and Russia gathered a record television audience
(14.7million) in the host country. England vs Italy at the Olympic NSC became
the most popular quarter-finals in the
history of the EURO, and the semi-finals
duel Spain vs Portugal experienced the
largest audience ever recorded in Spain
(15.5million).
More than five million fans
watched the championship in the fan
zones of eight host cities.
Due to heavy rain, which was accompanied by thunder and lightning, the
match Ukraine vs France was halted in
the fourth minute. The game resumed in
the 58thminute.
Five coaches left the national
teams after the tournament. Croatian
Slaven Bilic and Russian Dick Advocaat announced in advance about their decisions, and resigned after the EURO Pole
Franciszek Smuda, Frenchman Laurent
Blanc and Dutchman Bert vanMarwijk.
The Spain squad for the first
time defended the Henri Delaunay
Cup, and triumphed for the first time
at three international tournaments in a
rowEURO-World Cup-EURO. Coach
of the RedFury Vicente del Bosque has
become the first coach to win the EURO,
World Cup and Champions League.
Fred the Ferret in Kharkiv,
Citta the Elephant in Krakow, Funtik the Pig in Kyiv they all tried to
be worthy successors of the predictor
Paul the Octopus, who became famous
at the 2010World Cup in South Africa.
16.5 million messages in social
networks related to EURO 2012 were
registered during the tournament. When
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a record for a sporting event.
Only Cristiano Ronaldo is worth
more than the teams of Poland, Denmark,
Greece and Ireland along with 23players
in the entry. By the way, in the case of Ireland for difference it would be possible to
buy Mats Hummels or Patrice Evra.
At the EURO, a milestone of
hundreds of matches in the national
team was passed by Irishman Damien
Duff, Lukas Podolski of Germany and
Spaniard Xabi Alonso. The latter two
marked the event by scoring goals.Iker
Casillas, who had enetered the list of
100 international matches even before,
celebrated the record one hundredth victory with the national team in the finals.
31 matches 76 goals
scoredthe lowest in the last four championships. Howeverthe highest29percent of the goals were headers. The first
was scored in the opening match by Pole
Robert Lewandowski, the lastin the finals by Spaniard David Silva.
Periods of the EURO 2012matches
with most goals scored: middle and end
of the first half, end of the third
quarter and the last minutes of
the match. Five-minute sections with
8-10 goals scored: from the 18th till the
23rd, from the 35th to the 41st, from the 51st
to the 56th and from the 86th to the 90th.
The further the tournament moved,
the greater became the distance from
which goals were scored: in the play-offs
it was impossible to approach to the target as close as in the group stage.
Only one goal was scored with a
direct free kick at EURO 2012Andrea Pirlo celebrated his success in the
group match against Croats.
The first 0-0 draw at EURO
2012 was recorded only in the 28th
game. This is a new record for the championships. In 2000, a 0:0score was first
seen in the tenth game.
The vice world champions Netherlands for the first time in their history
(including in the world championships
group stages) lost all three matches in
their group. It has been for the first time
when the World Cup medal holders played
at the European tournament so badly.
According to the goal + pass system, Spaniard David Silva was found
the best in the tournamenttwo goals and
three assists. 3+1Spaniard Fernando
Torres and German Mario Gomez,
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UEFA has named the UEFA

EURO 2012 Team of the Tournament consisting of 23players
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy,

Juventus), Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid), Manuel Neuer (Germany, Bayern).
Defenders: Gerard Pique (Spain, Barcelona), Fabio Coentrao (Portugal, Real
Madrid), Philipp Lahm (Germany, Bayern), Pepe (Portugal, Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Spain, Real Madrid), Jordi
Alba (Spain, Barcelona).
Midfielders: Daniele de Rossi (Italy,
Roma), Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool), Xavi Hernandez (Spain, Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Spain, Barcelona),
Sami Khedira (Germany, Real Madrid),
Sergio Busquets (Spain, Barcelona),
Mesut Oezil (Germany, Real Madrid),
Andrea Pirlo (Italy, Juventus), Xabi
Alonso (Spain, Real Madrid).
Forwards: Mario Balotelli (Italy, Manchester City), Cesc Fabregas (Spain, Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Real
Madrid), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Milan), David Silva (Spain, Manchester City).

Torres Golden Boot

For the first time in the history of the European championships, there were six contenders for the Golden Boot award, which is
presented to the tournaments top goalscorer. Three goals were scored by Cristiano
Ronaldo (Portugal), Mario Balottelli (Italy),
Mario Gomez (Germany), Mario Mandzukic (Croatia), Alan Dzagoev (Russia) and
Fernando Torres (Spain) each. The trophy
went to the latter, because his goals took the
least amount of time189minutes.
EURO top goalscorers

1960Francois Heutte (France) 2goals

1964DezsoNovak (Hungary) 2
1968Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia)2
1972Gerd Muller (FRG) 4
1976Diter Muller (FRG) 4
1980Klaus Allofs (FRG) 3
1984Michel Platini (France) 9
1988Marco Van Basten (Netherlands) 5
1992Henrik Larsen (Denmark) 3
1996AlanShearer (England)5
2000Savo Milosevic (Yugoslavia)5
2004Milan Baros (Czech Republic)4
2008DavidVilla (Spain) 4
2012Fernando Torres (Spain)3

Youngsters lead
the way

The youngest player who managed to kick

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beck of England. On the day of the match

against Sweden, when he succedded, he
turned 21 years and 201 days. This is the
second figure in the history of the continents championships after Italian Pietro
Anastasi, who in 1968 hit Yugoslavias
target at the age of 20 years 64 days.
Additionally, the five youngest strikers at the tournament in Poland and
Ukraine also included Mario Balotelli
and Alan Dzagoev.
Youngestgoalscorers

Pietro Anastasi (Italy, 1968) 20 years

64 days (Italy Yugoslavia 2:0)
Danny Welbeck (England, 2012) 21 years
201 days (England Sweden 3:2)
Mario Balotelli (Italy, 2012) 21 years
311 days (Italy Ireland 2:0)
Alan Dzagoev (Russia, 2012) 21 years
357 days (Russia Czech Republic 4:1)
Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia, 1968)
22 years 9 days (Yugoslavia Italy 1:1)

italy only thE Fourth

The silver medalists of the tournament

Italy are only fourth in terms of points
gained. Generally, the team of Cesare
Prandelli managed to reach the finals,
with only two victories achieved in regulation time at the tournament.
Country

P W D L GD Pts

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12-1

14

Italy

6-7

Germany

10-6

12

Portugal

6-4

10

England

5-3

Czech
Republic

4-6

Greece

5-7

France

3-5

Russia

5-3

10

Croatia

4-3

11

Denmark

4-5

12

Ukraine

2-4

13

Sweden

5-5

14

Poland

2-3

15

Netherlands

2-5

16

Ireland

1-9

youngstErs and vEtErans at Euro 2012

The difference between the youngest players of the EURO Dutch Jetro Willems
and the oldest Greece goalkeeper Cos-

tas Chalkias was 19 years and 307 days.

The first in his debut at the tournament
turned 18 years 71 days, and the latter in
the EURO opener was 38 years 13 days.
The youngest coach Portuguese, Paulo
Bento, at the start of the championship was
42 years 355 days, the oldest Ireland mentor Giovanni Trapattoni 73 years 93 days.
Notably, Andriy Shevchenko has
become the oldest goalscorer and skipper of the tournament: his age in the
victorious match against Sweden was
35 years 260 days. Moreover, in that day
the Ukrainian was also named the best
player of the match.

toP PlayErs oF Euro

matChEs

There were 25 best players in 31 matches named. Among others, Andres Iniesta,
Andrea Pirlo, Mesut Ozil and Cristiano
Ronaldo stand alone.
3. Iniesta (Spain), Pirlo (taly)
2. Ozil (Germany), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
1. Gerrard (England), Gomez, Podolski
(both Germany), Karagounis (Greece),
Krohn-Dehli (Denmark), Sergio Ramos,
Torres, Xabi Alonso (all Spain), Cassano
(Italy), Blaszczykowski, Lewandowski
(both Poland), Pepe (Portugal), Dzagoev
(Russia), Shevchenko (Ukraine), Nasri, Ribery (both France), Mandzukic (Croatia),
Jiracek, Pilar (both Czech Republic), Ibrahimovic, Mellberg (both Sweden).
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Famous Ukrainian fashion designer Lyudmyla

Bushynska specially for EURO 2012 developed her
own collection of sportswear. The fashion designer
for many years has revealed in her products
national motifs and colors, making the emphasis
on Ukrainian culture and history. By the start of the
championship, Mrs. Bushynska opened her own
shop in the capitals center, which became a kind
of a fashionable mecca for fans of EURO 2012,
clothing and souvenirs from Bushynska now
represent Ukraine abroad.

ell us what has prompted you to create

a collection of clothes for EURO 2012?
Back in March 2011, while opening my
own production in Vinnytsia, I began to
produce sportswear. Of course, it was
more focused on outdoor activity. First
I tried to make the comfortable clothes
nice and unique.
And in March this year we were ordered souvenirs for participants of the
EuroFashion project 16 designersfashion ambassadors, representatives of

the countries participating in the European Football Championship.

The EURO 2012 collection is performed in two directions, on the one
hand there are clothes in the blue-yellow gamma they are targeted primarily at fans of the Ukrainian team. On
the other hand, part of the collection is
sewn in the traditional color scheme for
Ukraine red, black and white. Overall, this collection is not big, designed
for football fans. It consists mainly of
shirts, pants, jackets, hats, waistcoats
and toys-souvenirs.
What has inspired you to create a collection for EURO 2012?
A creative incentive for me was a wonderful Ukrainian cartoon How the Cossacks played football. The main motifs
were pants that look like bloomers and
shirts. Of course everything is done in
ethnic style with national ornaments and
embroidery.
Actually, everything I do is full of
national colors, because it is our history and culture, these are those unique
things that distinguish Ukrainians, make
us a distinctive nation. Moreover, we
dont embody this superficially, we try to
convey the whole essence, sacred meaning of our embroidery, ornaments. Each
product is accompanied with an explanation of what is embroidery as a guardian, reeled doll, clothes for christening
or veil.

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We are focused on becoming a cultural project. Even if a person visits our

shop and buys nothing, he will just enrich himself culturally. For example, we
have pillows for kids, with an angel embroidered on its one side, and on the other a prayer. This is a wonderful, gentle
Ukrainian tradition, which is interesting
to know. We really want our visitors not
only to buy our products, but also enrich
themselves culturally and spiritually.
Are you using classic ornaments or
only their motifs?
I use both ornaments and ethnic motifs,
own sketches, made on the basis of classical patterns. I think the main thing is
to invest part of the Ukrainian soul, our
culture into a product. For a man to get
not just clothes, but part of Ukraine, its
history and roots. Its very sad that the
schools actually do not teach Ukrainian
culture, it is very superficially covered in
history, but this is not enough.
Of course, I read, learn a lot. Almost
all of our designs are based on national
classical patterns, even sketches its
rethought classical motifs. When doing
this job, you feel yourself not just a designer, but also a researcher, art critic,
historian. This increasingly enriches
culturally and historically, and certainly
I want to convey a piece of that wealth
to others.
How many customers have visited
your shop at EURO 2012?
Yes, very much, and most of them were
foreign tourists. Particularly interested
in our products were the guests from
Italy they were delighted. They bought
many gifts, souvenirs, clothing: not only
for themselves but for their wives, dolls
for children.
Swedes and Englishmen were more
restrained, came into our store like in
the museum of Ukrainian culture, but
bought things much less. We can definitely say that toys-souvenirs were of the
greatest demand.
Tell us about your plans for the future,
are you planning to continue what has
been already achieved?
Oh no! If you stop, it will definitely put
an end to own work. Of course we will
develop further. Ive already implemented significant and very successful project in Vinnytsia. There we also began
with a shop, and eventually developed a
cultural complex which has everything
from spa and ending with a design studio

and center for contemporary art whose

concept is called Life as Art. Entrance
to the center is free, and the exposure
changes every two weeks.
A similar project, but in miniature, I
plan to do in Kyiv. I want the store to
serve not only as earnings, but become
something more, ideally a cultural, artistic center.
Apart from this, I really want to do
own fabrics design, make own lace.
Right now Im designing and producing own jewelry, also in ethnic style. I
keep looking for something new, unique,
new possibilities of implementing own
ideas. I think the most important thing
for creative people is not only focusing
on earnings, but primarily on creativity.
Yulia Samayeva
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