According to the expert, “after the match with Albania, Sudakov and Shaparenko will definitely become cheaper”
Ex-footballer Dynamo And Ukrainian national team Viktor Leonenko in his signature categorical style, he commented on the national team’s defeat to Albania (1:2) in the first round Nations League 2024/25.
“This is not a failure, but our level. I don’t understand at all why many people think that we have the best team in history. The best team doesn’t make three shots on target against Albania!”
“We are used to playing with useless ball control. Rebrov needs to find the problem – why there are no chances. If there are no chances, it means that our players are not particularly good. It would be better to have a counterattack tactic than this rolling.”
“I’m not going to curse our team, but Rebrov needs to draw conclusions and think about how to create chances. We need to either play more boldly or change players. Perhaps we should play with two forwards.”
“Otherwise we have a bunch of midfielders, and Sudakov, Brazhko and Shaparenko were not visible at all. I understand the clubs. They want to sell their players at a high price and that’s why they praise them, but after the match with Albania Sudakov and Shaparenko will definitely become cheaper.”
“We talked and talked about not repeating the result with Romania, and in the end we lost 1:2, but we could have lost by a bigger score.”
In the match of the 1st round of Group B1 with Albania, the blue-yellows created almost no chances in the first half. Ukraine was able to open the scoring after the break, Efim Konoplya scored. However, the Albanians quickly recouped, and then scored the second goal after a counterattack.
With three points, Albania leads Group B1 with Georgia, while the Ukrainian team is third thanks to a better goal difference than the Czech Republic.
In the next round, Rebrov’s team will play the Czech Republic on September 10. Like the match with the Albanians, the match will take place in Prague.
Source: Sportarena
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