Commentator Ihor Tsyhanyk expressed his opinion on the list of players called up by Serhii Rebrov to the Ukrainian national team for the Euro 2024 qualifying match against Italy.
Igor Tsyganik"Sikan was called up to the national team for the good stretch he played in the league. Why wasn't Hutsulyak called up? Explain to me what else a footballer has to do to get a call-up to the national team? What goal did he score against Vorskla? A disallowed goal against Oleksandriya, a goal against Shakhtar. He is a footballer of a very serious level.
Why isn't Sarapiy called up to the national team? "Dnipro-1 is the team that concedes the fewest goals and gives opponents the fewest chances at their goal. Svatko was called up, Sarapiy was not. Although I believe that this is a pair, and you can't single out someone more and someone less. Is there any explanation why he wasn't called up? Sikan was called up, why Hutsulyak wasn't called up? These questions don't give me peace of mind. There must be some kind of objectivity.
I personally have nothing to do with Hutsulyak - I don't even know him, I don't know his agent or who he works with. I'm just talking about his playing qualities. What else is there to do? He scored a brilliant goal against Shakhtar. And the most important thing is that it is unlikely that anyone from the Dnipro-1 team that beat Shakhtar will play in the starting line-up of the Ukrainian national team. Pikhalonok and Svatok are unlikely to start.
Sudakov, who failed in this match, will play. Where was he? And he is being written about. Rubchynskyi played a head above Sudakov in this match. Of course, it's hard to play after the European Cups and against Barcelona. They lasted for 30 minutes, and then they just suffered. I don't want to draw conclusions from one match, but there is an objective point. Rubchynskyi has been playing for Dnipro-1 for a year and a half and hasn't missed a single match. The Dnipro midfield outplayed Shakhtar's midfield. But we need to call up those..." said Tsyhanyk on the Tsyhanyk Live programme.
