The captain of the Ukrainian national football team spoke about the reasons for the unsuccessful result in the match with Scotland.
Ukraine deserved to win the match against Scotland. This opinion was expressed by team captain Andriy Yarmolenko after the League of Nations match. According to the midfielder, the Ukrainians drew conclusions from the mistakes of the first match and played a completely different football, but the implementation of moments failed.
“It’s clear that we have to win. I think you saw that there was one corner, another. We did everything we could. I think that the guys are great. They gave their maximum, gave their all to get the result.
There was a coaching setup – to play aggressively, win the heels, win the match, because in the first match we all lost and lost the game. In football, it is very important to win the match. Won rebounds. I haven’t seen the stats yet, but I’m sure we played better than the first match. We played, one might say, at home. There was a whole stadium, the fans cheered us on. I think we deserved to win. But when you don’t score chances like I did, you don’t win games.
That happens. Sometimes you can score from a few half points, when no one expects it, there might be some kind of rebound or other. And sometimes you don’t score 100% chances and it costs the team the result. Of course, it’s a shame that they didn’t score their chances. If they had scored, the game would have been different.
Of course, I understand that I am an attacking player and I need to score goals. it’s obvious. I understand that I have to score such chances,” Tribuna told Yarmolenko.
Recall that in the last round of the League of Nations group stage, the Ukrainian team failed to beat Scotland in Krakow (0:0) and remained in Division B of this tournament. In addition, the team is only seeded in the third pot in the 2024 European Championship qualifying draw.
Earlier, the head coach of the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Petrakov spoke about the reasons for the unsuccessful result.
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