Head coach of the Ukrainian national team Alexander Petrakov after losing the final play-off of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Wales (0:1) urged the media to avoid negative comments about the captain Andriy Yarmolenko .
Ukraine in Cardiff they lost to Wales due to a 35th-minute Yarmolenko own goal, so they won’t play the World Cup in Qatar.
– What would you like the Ukrainians to remember from the national team’s matches in the selection for the World Cup?
To remember our team. My guys did everything they could. Don’t know what to say. We have to apologize for the fact that we didn’t score, but did everything we could. It is a sport.
What did you miss today?
– A goal scored, nothing more.
– What is your opinion on the future of the team?
– We have a game on June 8, we start playing in the Nations League.
– What is the situation in the dressing room of the Ukrainian national team now?
— There is dead silence in the locker room.
– The end result – an accident or a pattern?
– It’s a sport, football. Some were lucky today, some weren’t.
— Alexander Karavaev is the team’s only right-back. Do you plan to call someone else for this position?
We don’t plan to invite anyone. Now there will be a rotation – other guys will come out. Those who played today will not play 8.
– How does Andriy Yarmolenko feel, who is the captain of the national team and did everything possible in the two qualifying matches, but scored an own goal?
“I can only thank him for everything he has done for the national team. I have no complaints about my players. I appeal to the press: no need to pour negativity on Yarmolenko and d ‘other guys, pour everything on the head coach. The team wins, the head coach loses, – the website of the Ukrainian Football Association quotes Petrakov.
The last time Ukraine participated in the World Championships was in 2006 and they reached the quarter-finals.
Source : MatchTV
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