"We're like a good horse. The players are chomping at the bit and I need to keep them calm," Blokhin told reporters on the eve of Ukraine's opening Group D match against Sweden on Monday.
"Sometimes young players think they can do more than they can. At a tournament like this leaders should emerge. But youth can get the better of them and it's very hard to make them play defensively. They're young and hot."
Blokhin was speaking at the national stadium in the capital Kiev which will be awash with blue yellow, the two teams' colours, when they become the last of the 16 teams to take the field at the finals.
Despite this, and huge national expectations, he said: "I don't see any big nerves."
"If anyone says they are outsiders, I will not agree," he said. "They are a very experienced team. They've played together for a long time."
But he said: "For me it's an extremely important tournament... it's very important for me as a player who has played for his country for 16 years to play before my home crowd."
"I don't want to talk about racism. There is no racism in Ukraine," Blokhin said. "This is a political matter. I don't think it has anything to do with football. If there are any incidents, they will not be in Ukraine."
