Volodymyr Zhuravchak: "Is it necessary to replace Rebrov? Too radical a step..."

Famous Ukrainian coach Volodymyr Zhuravchak summarized the performance of the Ukrainian national team at Euro 2024.

- I would not call the entire performance of our team at Euro 2024 a failure. Only the first game against Romania was a failure. And that was not the whole game, but only those moments that led to goals. Yes, you can blame Lunin, who made some effective mistakes. Yes, you can blame Rebrov, who relied on Lunin rather than Trubin.

But in the following matches, I didn't see any failed or weak-willed play. The guys tried, they were worried. Yes, to some extent Dovbyk was in an unusual position. In Girona, the whole team plays for him, but here there were no such "ammunition suppliers". I had to gnaw the balls myself. But we defeated the same Slovaks. We also beat the Belgians, but were unlucky with the goal. Of course, we are all disappointed, especially the guys on the front line, who watched these matches from their phones and tablets in the trenches.

Should we replace Rebrov after the Euros? This is too radical a step. I agree that Rebrov made a mistake somewhere. But there are no coaches who only win. He hasn't been working with the team for that long. I think he still has ideas on how to improve the national team's performance," the Express expert said.