Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Valentyn Rubchynskyi scored Ukraine's first goal in the history of the Olympics in yesterday's 1-2 match with Iraq at the 2024 Games. After the match, the midfielder shared his impressions of it.
"It's nice to score in such a match. But there is no great joy because we lost. We scored a goal in a game we should have won because we controlled the entire first half. Then we conceded a slightly unpleasant goal, and the Iraqi team felt confident and began to press us. It so happened that we lost this match.
The first goal "killed" us more than the second, because we conceded right after we scored - we didn't even feel the taste of victory. And it so happened that the opposing team felt more confident, and it was already harder for us," Suspilne quoted Rubchynskyi as saying.