Ukraine's national team played the first of two September Euro 2024 football qualifiers. In Wroclaw, Poland, Serhii Rebrov's men gained one point thanks to a 1-1 draw with England. After the match, Rebrov shared his impressions of his team's performance. Among other things, the Blue and Yellows' manager explained some of his substitutions, named the key to the result against the English and told how the team will prepare for the clash with Italy.
Sergei Rebrov. Photo: gettyimages.com"The guys deserved this result. They worked very hard in defence, we gave the initiative to England, but for me, the important criterion is how many chances England created. I think we earned a point that will help us in the future.
I said before the match that it is very important to enjoy playing defence. I think the guys did it very tightly. And I believe that we got this result thanks to playing in defence. Unfortunately, Matvienko got injured. Mudryk. Look, it's very difficult to defend for 90 minutes. I saw that all the guys tried to play tightly, but in the end Mudryk and some other players felt uncomfortable. An inconspicuous performance from Sack? But look at Bellingham, who scores in every match for Real Madrid. The England national team is the world team, it's hard to talk about anyone individually.
I think the support at the stadium helped the players a lot. I am grateful to the fans, and I said before the game that it is very important to provide the emotions that are missing. We believe that this point was gained thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is very important to recover now. We will spend these two days before the match with Italy mainly on recovery. We'll see, we still have two days to prepare," Rebrov said.
