Honoured coach of Ukraine Myron Markevych commented on the substitutions in the Ukraine national team for the decisive play-off of Euro 2024 qualification against Iceland.
"These substitutions were requested after not quite a successful match last week with the Bosnians. It's good to see that our understanding of football coincided with the national team manager Sergei Rebrov. He has once again proved that he is not afraid to take risks. In Zenica he entrusted a place in the starting lineup to debutant Volodymyr Brazhko, although many experts thought that veteran Serhiy Sidorchuk would play, and yesterday he replaced the seemingly untouchable Oleksandr Zinchenko and Artem Dovbik. And he did not fail. After all, it is very important to have someone to choose from, it is a pleasant headache for the coach.
And our guys - well done. They got such a desirable victory in this difficult time for Ukraine. Yes, the Ukrainian team was considered the favourite, but the strongest do not always prevail, especially in the knockout matches. With the fierce support of the fans, Serhiy Rebrov's charges proved that they deserve to play in the final part of the European football forum," Markevych said.