Telegram channel "VZbirna" provides a post-match commentary from London by Ukrainian midfielder Ruslan Malinowski.
Ruslan Malynovskyi (photo: gettyimages.com)- It was a tough game, but it was expected. The opponent was stronger than us...
- This is football, there are still many games ahead. Italy lost to England, a top team, but we tried to play. Yes, there were mistakes, but everyone tried, worked all 90 minutes. To say that someone didn't work today is not true - everyone worked, but the result is this. Of course, maybe we could have created a little more in the attack, but that's football. There are still many games ahead, we move on.
- What impression did England make on you? It's hard to admit it, but maybe it was their performance that played a decisive role?
- Of course, their individual skills are at a high level, but maybe they were given a little too much freedom. Perhaps they played a little low, they should have been more aggressive. I don't know, it's hard to say after the game that we could have done better. The match has just ended, we will analyze it and, of course, we hope to play much better in the next game.
The whole fight is ahead and our most important matches are still to come. This is only the first round. Anything is possible, so we need to get points in June. We play two games, and then there will be Italy and England again. Now we need to finalize and then prepare for June. Now the guys came with very positive emotions, everyone worked hard, intensively and played a good match with Brentford, created a lot of chances. But today it happened like this. We have to be professionals, accept this defeat and move on and play the next game much better.
- Is your bruise the result of the collision that took place at the beginning of the game?
- Somewhere in the 30th second we got hit. I remembered it. (laughs) - It was Chillwell. I had a bit of a headache in the first half, but now it's better.
- Did this episode affect you in any way, maybe knocked you out of the rut?
- No, this is a working football moment, there are a lot of collisions, so it's nothing to worry about.
