Former Ukrainian national team player Vasyl Kobin has made a forecast for today's clash in Wroclaw, Poland, where the Ukrainian and Icelandic national teams will decide who will get a ticket to the finals of Euro 2024 in Germany.
"I am convinced that after the match with the Bosnians last week, the Ukrainian national team spent enough time working on their mistakes. Because in Zenica, their game did not make a holistic impression. It's good that we managed to break through at the end of the match.
With the Bosnians, it helped that in the end the guests switched to a two-forward game, for which the hosts were not ready and were punished for positional miscalculations. Nevertheless, I think that in Wroclaw the Ukrainian national team will start in the usual 4-1-4-1 formation with Artem Dovbyk at the forefront. And after the break, some adjustments are possible.
By the way, Iceland is a fairly flexible team, able to change formations during the match. Several players are interested in serious foreign clubs. The current generation of the Icelandic national team is hungry for big wins, so you can't deny them perseverance. But still, the class of the Ukrainian national team is higher, and it includes players from the top championship teams. That's why I'm betting on Ukraine to win 2-0," Kobin said.