Former player of Lviv "Karpaty" Mykhailo Kopolovets told what he expects from the match of the 1st round of the Nations League between the national teams of Ukraine and Albania, which will be held tomorrow in Prague.
Mikhail Kopolovets"The fact that now almost all countries have learned to play soccer is an axiom. And more and more often the upper hand is not the class of the opponent, but the game discipline of the opponent, the desire to act at the maximum.
In my opinion, fighting qualities will weigh a lot in the rivalry in our group, where there are equal in strength participants. Will the absence of the injured Artem Dovbik affect the Ukrainians' game? I don't think so. He is a skilled striker, but he is dependent on his partners, besides, he hasn't scored for a long time, both for the national team and for his current club - Roma.
In the end, as far as I am concerned, even a "star" player, as they say, one is not a warrior in the field. Team effort decides everything. Especially since the first opponent - Albania, of the unyielding, knows how to impose a tough fight.
We should expect stubborn rivalry on every piece of turf. But I hope that thanks to more creative actions of our midfielders, Ukraine will celebrate the victory - 1:0", - said Kopolovets.
