Renowned Ukrainian football expert Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi told us whether the Ukrainian national team could have expected a positive outcome of the match against the Italians.
Alexander Chizhevsky- To be honest, I can't even remember when our team was as helpless as it was yesterday in the first half. First of all, the guests lost to the Italians in speed, both running and decision-making.
- But last week, the Italians did not impress in a match against a non-top team , North Macedonia.
- This means that the new manager Luciano Spalletti managed to get through to his players. The Italians made a strong impression with their mobility, although they had previously relied on ball control in positional attacks.
- Can this failure before the break be explained by the fact that the Ukrainians failed to recover properly after the gruelling confrontation with the English?
- It seems so. The players in the support area lost a lot of steam, as they couldn't keep up with the movements of their counterparts.
- Was Sudakov's fall, which cost the Ukrainians a missed goal, an accident?
- It was a bit of everything. There is also the fault of the player, who should have been more careful when choosing his boots.
- Does the scoreline match the course of events on the pitch?
- No, the Italians had every chance, as they say, to "close" the match before the break. In several episodes, the guests were frankly lucky.
- Was there really only negative in yesterday's game of the Ukrainians?
- As for me, during the break, Serhii Rebrov still managed to set his wards up for a more active game in the selection and at times even managed to dictate the conditions. Although it did not come to goal moments. And, frankly, our team did not play for the second goal. In my opinion, if the Ukrainians had one more day to recover, everything would be different. In Milan, we had the desire, but our legs didn't run.
- Are there still chances to make it directly to Euro 2024 in Germany?
- There are always chances, only, of course, provided that the Ukrainians do not play as mediocre as they did yesterday in the first half.
