Well-known Ukrainian TV presenter Igor Tsyganyk shared his prediction for the Nations League match between the national teams of Ukraine and Scotland, which will be held today in Krakow.
Igor Tsyganik“Oh, I want to say that we witnessed two completely different matches with the participation of the team of Alexander Petrakov in the League of Nations. After a crushing defeat from Scotland (0:3), our guys won a crushing victory over Armenia (5:0).
Now we need to “by default” win. I do not believe that we will lose to the Scots twice in a row. It cannot be so. We need to rehabilitate. Although, of course, the game will be very tense.
The difficulty lies in the fact that we only need a victory. A similar situation was with Stephen Clark's wards and they managed to win at home. I can't say that we can easily beat Scotland, to be honest. The opponent has very sharp and fast performers and will run out in counterattacks.
A separate issue of the composition, especially after 11 substitutions for the match in Yerevan compared to the match in Glasgow. I'm even afraid to make an assumption. However, I don't think there is much of a choice. I think that there will be a scheme with four defenders, which will look like Mikolenko - Matvienko - Zabarny - Tymchik. In the center are the well-established Stepanenko, Malinovsky and Ignatenko. On the flanks of Tsygankov and Yarmolenko, and on the edge, I suppose that Dovbik will come out, distinguished himself with a double against the Armenians.
I believe that the qualifications of Ukrainian players are higher than those of the Scots. I think that thanks to their class, ambitions and sports anger, the team of Alexander Petrakov will win. I will bet that Ukraine will win by scoring more than one goal. I expect the score like 2:1,” said Tsyganik.
