Ukraine defender Ilya Zabarnyi commented on the 1-2 defeat to Italy in the Euro 2024 qualifying match.
"Both England and Italy are top teams. Their players are among the best in the world, it is difficult to resist such players. Italy attacked with more speed, I think they had stronger pressure. We did not succeed in much, it was very difficult to get out of defence
Somewhere we lacked quality in passes and openings. But still, I think we performed at a high level. The guys were great, they gave everything they could. We'll analyse this game and get ready for the rest."
Everyone understands that you have to do your job to the end. I'm saying that everyone gave their best. We lacked something in the first half, we needed to add to it, everyone felt it and did everything we could to equalise the score or even more.
Of course, we understand that we still have a chance. We have to give everything we can, because this is football, this is teamwork, and if we give everything we can, we will definitely make it. We need to act in an organised manner as a team.
I am very grateful to the people who come to football, who support Ukraine, who watch. I hope that every person who watches our matches is distracted from the events that are happening in our country right now - victory is coming soon," Zabarny said.