Malta coach on Mudrik: That’s why Chelsea pay him so much

The Ukrainian national team managed to defeat Malta in the away match thanks to Mikhail Mudrik. This is what Maltese head coach Michele Marcolini said.

The specialist noticed his players, who scored first and showed a decent game. However, midfielder Chelseathanks to his skill, made a difference in the class and brought “blue-yellow” victory.

“It was a shame to lose in the first half with a score of 1:2, especially with the two goals conceded. A very unfortunate own goal, where our player touched the ball privately and it rolled into the goal.

And then a penalty, but I believe that the episode with the penalty is Mudryk’s technique and skill, running with the ball very quickly. It was very difficult for us mentally at that moment.

Crossbar? This is one of the reasons why it is a shame about the result.

In the second half we tried, we fought, we pressed high, we shot a lot, but unfortunately we couldn’t equalize the score. I feel sorry for the Maltese players because they deserved a different result, they played a very good match.

Ukraine has good players, they are fighting with Italy for second place. The Maltese players showed desire and willingness to fight for a good result. A draw or victory against Ukraine would be an incredible result for us. We really worked on it. But they can’t achieve it, it’s a shame. We’ll focus on the positives that came out of this match, and there were many.

Mudryk is an incredible player. We lost because he always posed a danger, took a penalty, scored a goal. That’s why it’s like a club Chelsea, he is paid a lot. This is football, players like him make a difference – and he made a difference,” Marcolini Suspilne sport quotes.

Earlier, the head coach of the Ukrainian national team, Sergei Rebrov, shared his emotions.