Famous Ukrainian journalist Artem Frankov has commented on the Euro 2024 qualifying match Ukraine vs North Macedonia, which will take place today in Prague.
"The final schedule in our qualifying group is as simple as an old three penny coin: Serhiy Rebrov's team has to win three matches, including two Leverkusen matches (against North Macedonia and Italy), then follow to Leverkusen or any other German city for the local Euro-2024 under fanfare.
The task is a three-stage one, and we are now dealing with its first stage, where any misfire is relatively acceptable only with similar gifts from the competitors.
But there are two bad 'buts':
- Northern Macedonia claims the second place in the group on about the same rights as Ukraine - at least we have the same points;
- it somehow took a 2-0 lead in the June match, didn't it?! Suddenly, our team will have a similar "stalemate" again ...
This is something we must never forget. Never! Moreover, the opponent is cheerful and tries to intimidate Ukrainian players with all sorts of statements, and we have problems - in particular, the obvious absence of Yarmolenko (knee surgery in Barcelona) and Tsygankov.
And in general, even the boldest predictions, if I'm not mistaken, resemble Dynamo's in the Ukrainian championship - that is, they assume that our times, even once, but will definitely miss," Frankov said.