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The football club "Volyn" is now officially considered a top-league team. The Lutsk club paid the required sum for the application to the top-league tournament and provided the PFL with all necessary financial guarantees.
French national football team leader Zinedine Zidane has become the winner of the prestigious FIFA Golden Ball as the best player of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Ukraine national team goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskyi became the first goalkeeper who did not concede a single penalty in a post-match 11-meter penalty shootout at a FIFA World Cup. \n \nThis is reported by NEWSru Israel with reference to the official World Cup website.

Ukraine's national team advanced to the 1/4 of the World Cup on penalties Despite holding territorial advantage, the Ukrainians could not score in either regulation or extra time.

This evening at 22:00 Kyiv time in Cologne, the match between Ukraine and Switzerland will take place, the winner of which advances to the quarterfinals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where they will play against the winner of the Italy-Australia pair.

On Wednesday, the Ukrainian national team held an open training session at the "Luftschiffhafen" stadium, which is a 5-minute drive from the "Seminaris" hotel in Potsdam. About 100 fans watched the blue-and-yellows. \n \n \nThe national team's training lasted 1.5 hours.

Ukraine lost the opening match against the Spanish national team 4:0. \n \nIn the 13th minute, Spanish midfielder Alonso scored. Before that, the Spaniards had repeatedly caused trouble for the Ukrainian defense with sharp counterattacks.

Today in Munich will be the opening of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The first game of the championship will be the match between the national teams of Germany and Costa Rica. \n \n \nThe World Cup will take place in Germany from June 9 to July 9 of the current year, the national teams will play 64 games.

The greatest football success was achieved by the Ukrainian youth national football team. It is in the final of the European Championship.

The head coach of Lutsk "Volyn" Vitaliy Kvartsyany managed to restructure the game during the season, but it was already too late, writes Podrobnosti . The coach accepted his team's relegation from the elite division with dignity and, remaining faithful to Volyn football, will continue his work in Lutsk.
