{"id":45917,"date":"2021-06-30T15:52:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T14:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/euro-2020-zinchenko-names-england-player-ukraine-need-to-stop"},"modified":"2021-06-30T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T15:42:51","slug":"euro-2020-zinchenko-names-england-player-ukraine-need-to-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/euro-2020-zinchenko-names-england-player-ukraine-need-to-stop","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2020: Zinchenko names England player Ukraine need to stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Ukraine attacking midfielder, Oleksandr Zinchenko, has named Raheem Sterling as the England player his team needs to \u201cstop\u201d when both countries clash in the Euro 2020 last-8 Saturday in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine and England booked their place in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Andriy Shevchenko\u2019s side defeated Sweden 2-1 after 120 minutes, while the Three Lions won Germany 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is really difficult to score against England, they are really well organised,\u201d Zinchenko told reporters at his post-match press conference after Ukraine defeated Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have a really good set of footballers and the substitute bench probably costs [the same] as three Ukrainian teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should not be really scary for us, this should motivate us. We need to give ourselves the highest aims, the highest goals, and I am sure that the coaching team will get the strategy for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sense myself that everything is possible in this life and we will do everything we can for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have watched pretty much all the games that England have played, except today because we were getting ready for our game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing that I noticed is I know quite a lot of those players personally because I see them in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaheem Sterling is one of the best wingers in the world. Right now, he is in amazing form.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is great, he makes the difference. We obviously need to pay attention to him and we will need to try to somehow stop him because he is on a roll now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is the strongest opponent that I have ever played? I have said several times that it is the footballers from Manchester City, those that I see every day at training.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Ukraine attacking midfielder, Oleksandr Zinchenko, has named Raheem Sterling as the England player his team needs to \u201cstop\u201d when both countries clash in the Euro 2020 last-8 Saturday in Rome. Ukraine and England booked their place in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals on Tuesday. 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