What they said after Euro 2024 play-off finals
Mar 27, 2024
Key quotes from the Euro 2024 play-off finals on Tuesday
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At Wroclaw, Poland
Ukraine 2 Iceland 1
"Thank you, guys! Thank you, team! For significant emotions for the entire country. For the important victory and making it to EURO. For proving once again: whenever Ukrainians face difficulties but do not give up and continue to fight, Ukrainians certainly win. In times, when the enemy tries to destroy us, we demonstrate every day that Ukrainians are and will be. Ukraine is, and will be! Thank you for the victory! Glory to Ukraine!"
-- Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine president on X
"It is an amazing feeling. I am very happy because it is another dream come true. A big thank you to our fans, they helped us through these difficult times amazingly."
-- Ukraine midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko
At Tbilisi
Georgia 0 Greece 0 (aet)
Georgia won 4-2 on penalties
"Hang it in the Louvre!!!! #Euro2024, here we come!!!!!"
-- Georgian Football Federation on X
"It is gratifying when you get results, but you need a lot of patience and hope. Sometimes things work out, sometimes not, that's why patience is necessary. We practiced a lot on penalties. I don't want to single anyone out, everyone played fantastically today."
-- Willy Sagnol, Georgia coach
"This is not just a victory, this is history that has been written. We have been struggling for this for several decades. I'm proud of these guys."
-- Kakha Kaladze, former Georgia international and current mayor of Tbilisi
"It was not meant to be."
-- Gus Poyet, Greece coach
At Cardiff
Wales 0 Poland 0 (aet)
Poland won 5-4 on penalties
"It's a difficult one to take, we put everything into the game but in the end it wasn't to be. They're a good team, there wasn't much between us tonight but in the end penalties it's cruel."
-- Wales skipper Ben Davies
"We rallied around Daniel James, he had the bravery to take that penalty, I am so proud of that group."
-- Wales manager Rob Page after James missed the crucial penalty in the shoot-out
"We created a good, emotional game. This is a very important day for us."
-- Poland coach Michal Probierz
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