Midfielder for Ukraine Georgy Sudakov commented on the outcome of the match in the qualifying round of Euro 2024 against England (0:2).
"We understand that England is now in the top 3 teams in the world. It's hard to play against them at Wembley, a very tough game. There was a plan for the game, we wanted to control the ball as much as possible. It was very hard, but we understood that we had to play on our strong qualities. And our strengths are just the ball game. It didn't work somewhere, but I think we gave 100% today. England showed their skills and scored two incredible goals.
I've played at this level only in the Champions League, I have not played for the national team, and this is a new challenge for me. Yes, England has a very strong team, strong center of the field, defenders. It was very hard to play with the ball, because physically strong team, we had to work fast. There were good moments, but not everything worked. We raise our heads up and move on, work," Sudakov said on UAF Youtube channel.
Я бачу, що він так і не зрозумів, що по-перше, Англія, як справжні джентельмени, грали на 25-30% від своїх можливостей, щоб зберегти імідж нашої Збірної.
Ну, а по-друге, ваше тримання м'яча на своїй половині поля та перепасовка з воротарем, це вибач, дурному радість! Голи за таке в футболі не призначають, потрібно атакувати суперника, бити по воротах, створювати хоч якісь моменти!! З подібною "тактикою"(тримання м'яча), вам буде неймовірно важко навіть з тією ж Мальтою....