Former midfielder of Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Aliev explained why the Ukrainian national team failed to overcome the playoff round of the 2022 World Cup qualification. Recall that at this stage of the tournament, the Ukrainian team first coped with Scotland (3:1), but then lost to Wales (0:1).
Alexander Aliev“There was very little time to prepare for the match against Wales. It was very hard for the guys. When the Scots passed, the whole country was already saying that we should easily pass Wales. But this is not such an easy opponent. Moreover, we played away.
If there were two more days between the matches with Scotland and Wales, I think that the boys would have recovered. In addition, it was raining during the match,” Aliyev said.
