Ukraine faced Romania in the first group stage of the European Championship, and Romania ultimately won 3-0 for Ukraine.

In this year's European Championship, Romania returned to the European Championship stage after an 8-year hiatus and was placed in Group E together with Ukraine, Slovakia, and Belgium. Although they were selected as a third tier team in the draw for the European Cup qualifiers, they ultimately defeated Switzerland and Israel in the qualifiers and advanced as the top team in their group. Previously, their best record in European Championship history was in the quarterfinals (in 2000).

After the game started, Mudric's crazy inside cut at the front of the penalty area and his passing was disrupted. In the 9th minute, Lazwan kicked over Zabari with a big kick. In the 22nd minute, Dofbic turned around and shot high from the top of the penalty area.

In the 29th minute, Luning made a mistake on the backcourt and gave a gift. Dennis Mann intercepted the ball and passed it horizontally. Stancho fired a heavy shot from the outside and the ball went straight into the corner of the net. Romania 1-0 Ukraine! According to statistics, this is Stancho's 15th goal for the national team, and he is also the current top scorer in the Romanian national team.

At this point, Stanchiu became the second captain to score in this year's European Championship after Morata from Spain, and he also became the first captain in the history of the Romanian national team to score on the European Championship stage. In addition, Stancho's goal was also the second long-range goal scored by the Romanian team outside the penalty area in the history of the European Cup. The last person to achieve this was Montejanu, who scored in the 3-2 victory over England in the final round of the 2000 European Cup group stage.

In 2022, Stanchiu joined Wuhan Sanzhen for a fee of 4 million euros, becoming the top player in the new season of the Chinese Super League and an important contributor to the team's championship.

In the 39th minute, Stancho took a corner kick and directly attacked the goal, hitting the crossbar and bouncing the ball. At the end of the first half, Ukraine was temporarily 0-1 behind Romania, and Ukraine scored 0 goals in the first half.

After the start of the second half, Romania's attack did not decrease. In the 53rd minute, Romania had a chance to counterattack, with a powerful shot from the center by Lezwan Marin, making it the next city in the world wave! Romania leads Ukraine 2-0!

However, in less than 3 minutes, Luning's goal was once again pierced. In the 56th minute, Romania took a quick corner kick from the right side. Dennis Mann led the ball into the penalty area and broke through the defense of Ukrainian players one after another. He pushed the ball into the right corner of the small penalty area and scored an empty goal in the middle. VAR intervened in the review, and De Ligushi was suspected of being offside. The referee Niberg indicated that the goal was valid.

Afterwards, the live broadcast footage was directed to Ukrainian football legend Andrei Shevchenko in the stands, who is currently serving as the President of the Ukrainian Football Association. In the camera, he looks very dissatisfied, frequently nodding and reciting words. Shevchenko also played with the Ukrainian team in the previous European Championship, but at that time he was still the head coach of the Ukrainian national team. In that competition, Ukraine made its debut in the knockout stage of the European Cup and ultimately reached the quarter finals.

In the end of the game, Ukraine also had some opportunities, but they never managed to score and ultimately lost 0-3.