Former Ukrainian national team midfielder Yaroslav Khoma analyzed for Teams1 actions of Alexander Petrakov's wards in Glasgow and assessed their chances in the fight for promotion.
Yaroslav Khoma
- I am very disappointed, unpleasantly amazed at how our guys served the number, you can’t say otherwise, in the second half. Only by a miracle they didn't miss even more.
- But before the break, nothing foreshadowed such a fiasco. After all, the rivalry took place on a collision course, half-moments arose at the gates of both teams...
- Still, the guests' lack of proper safety net on the flanks, the mistakes of our stoppers, the lack of creativity in the final attacking stage were alarming. Because as soon as the Scots increased their momentum, put high pressure, their dominance was beyond doubt. Fortunately, before the break it was only sporadically.
- Yesterday, our coach could not count on several leading performers at once. The absence of which of them was felt the most ?
- Ilya Zabarny, with his first gear, ability to act on the second floor, and Oleksandr Zinchenko - tenacious, with an accurate last pass. Unfortunately, we have to admit that our team cannot boast of the depth of the squad. The absence of one of the leaders immediately affects.
- I got the impression that Oleksandr Petrakov's wards went into the second half with one goal in mind: not to concede and to achieve a draw that suited them...
- I agree, but such a passive tactic, especially in fights with the British, who are always very motivated, sooner or later ends in failure. Moreover, our flank players Andriy Yarmolenko and Mikhail Mudryk do not know how to defend themselves, which the hosts skillfully took advantage of. I was also unpleasantly struck by the fact that after the break the guests were somehow doomed, did not demonstrate solidarity, I can’t play through the desire. As bad as in the second half, our team under the leadership of Petrakov has not yet played.
And the Scots are great, in each episode they fought to the last and could win with an even greater score. Their mentor also guessed with substitutions. In general, the impression was that the guests did not know how to patronize the British grenadier Lyndon Dykes during the set pieces, who twice forced the capitulation of goalkeeper Anatoly Trubin, in my opinion, the only one in the Ukrainian national team who deserved a positive one in seven minutes of being on the field. assessment.
- After the defeat in Glasgow, the Ukrainian team lost its leadership in its group. How do you assess her chances in the fight for a promotion in the class?
“There are two difficult trials ahead. First, in Yerevan with progressive Armenians trying to act technically and quickly. And finally, in Krakow, Poland, with motivated Scots who don't care where they play - at home or away. If the day after tomorrow our guys in Yerevan prove with their game the accidental failure in Glasgow, then they have a great chance to regain the first place in the end.
Vasily MIKHAILOV
