Jozsef Szabo: "It will be an extremely difficult game with the North Macedonian national team"

Former head coach of Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national team Jozsef Szabo shared his expectations from the match between the Ukrainian national team and the team of Northern Macedonia.

- I said before the match that there would be a draw. For the German national team, it was the thousandth match, a celebration. Germany is helping Ukraine a lot during the war. It's not that the teams will agree on a draw, but it will come out in the game itself. And that's exactly what happened. Therefore, it would not be quite correct to assess the state of the team or single out any of the players after such a match. It was a good, festive match.

- What are your chances of winning the match against North Macedonia?

- It will be an extremely difficult game. The North Macedonian national team is a good team, the players play in good teams abroad. I don't know how our team will be able to withstand them. It is difficult to predict the result. Perhaps it will be a draw. And we will talk about the Maltese after this confrontation.

- Will the squad that was available for the game against the Germans also be fully involved in the game against North Macedonia?

- The best players who were available are out. Perhaps Malinowski will appear. Players who are in good shape will play. I'm worried about Matvienko... Something is happening to him. He used to look very good, he was one of the leaders. Not only in the match against Germany, but also in other recent games, I wanted him to look stronger. Perhaps Rebrov will replace him. I also have questions about Tymchyk. All three goals came from the German right side.

Mykola Tymoshchuk