Well-known journalist and editor-in-chief of Football magazine Artem Frankov has prepared a forecast for the Ukraine vs England Euro 2024 qualifying match.
- I must say right away: not only bookmakers, but also your author is very sceptical about the chances of the Ukrainian national team to beat the English. Too many things, starting with the relaxation of the opponent, must coincide for such a grand victory to happen in our football history.
The Ukrainian national team has problems in all lines, starting with goalkeeping (only Bushchan, the leader of the current Dynamo, Trubin and Lunin do not play in clubs; however, Bushchan is a force!), continuing with defence, etc. Questions, questions, problems... Among which, in my opinion, one stands out: how to save the team, the players' legs, for the second match, which will be played in three days - against Italy, to whom we almost always lose, at any time and in any line-up? From the point of view of tournament strategy, if you can use such a term on a short distance, the match against Italy is more important - and we need to take 4 points against the Apennines to take second place in the group!
Difficult, difficult, very difficult. And this is clearly not the case when you can dismiss the annoying buzzing of all those "experts" - everyone understands that the September calendar is terrible for our team.
My bet: England minus 1.5 for 2.19. And how I dream of being wrong!" said Frankov.