Ukraine deny boozing after Germany defeat
Ukraine defender Artem Fedetskiy has denied a newspaper story that the team left cigarette butts and beer cans in their dressing room following their Euro 2016 loss to Germany.
German newspaper Bild has published an article, which is accompanied by pictures, detailing what it claims are the two dressing rooms following Sunday's match in Lille.
In the piece, there are images of beer cans, discarded cigarette butts and a bottle of wine in the Ukrainians' facility while the room which was occupied by the Germans, who won 2-0, is in pristine condition.
However, ahead of Thursday's game with Northern Ireland in Lyon, defender Fedetskiy dismissed any suggestions his team had been smoking and drinking alcohol.
"I was in the changing room, please believe me, there was nothing like that," the 31-year-old said.
"We are a normal team. We have no players who drink beer. I think the information is wrong. I'm not really interested in it because I know my players, I know my team-mates and nothing happened like that. Maybe someone wants to provoke us.
"Please believe me, we are a very disciplined team. We behave in a civilised way, not only in Ukraine but also in other countries. You can look for the DNA from the cigarettes!"