Former player of the national team of Ukraine Oleh Shelayev said that did not allow the Olympic team of Ukraine to avoid defeat - 1:2 from the players of Iraq at the start of the group tournament of the Games-2024 in France:
Oleg Shelayev"An unexpected outcome. Yesterday there were two different halves. In the first one I liked the way Ruslan Rotan's charges acted. The only thing they failed to score, although they had chances.
When they took the lead almost immediately after the break, unfortunately, they quickly conceded and the opponent recovered. Then there were swings, our team lacked cohesion, and the opponent took advantage of it. We have to say that the coaching staff of the Ukrainians somewhere did not guess with the substitutions.
After this unexpected setback and the defeat of the group favorite - the Argentines from Moroccans, the struggle for the next round has intensified. In the next round the Ukrainians must definitely beat the Moroccans. Otherwise, Ruslan Rotan's charges may find themselves strangers at this soccer festival in France," Shelayev said.
