Journalist: "Why not replace Petrakov with Rotan now? There are also Demyanenko, Mykhailichenko, Protasov and Markevich in the U

Journalist Ihor Linnyk on his Facebook page made assumptions about the future of the new head coach of the Ukrainian national team.

— The dilemma. If the UAF considered it possible to replace Petrakov with Shevchenko, why should it not now replace Petrakov with, say, Rotan?

Rotan, by the way, consistently defended his chance and has now honestly earned it. But he has the final tournament of the Youth Euros ahead of him, so he seems to be busy, with the June dates of the Youth Euro 2023 and Euro 2024 qualifying overlapping.

And in the cage of the UAF there are Demyanenko, Mykhailichenko, Protasov, and Markevich is far from irrevocably running away. In short, many worthy candidates...

But! If, for the needs of the first team, Rotany always got the players she needed, why not get him and him now? And to Petrakov - thank you, I did what I could. But at this level, he's already done, he's dead," Linnyk wrote.