Famous Ukrainian coach Volodymyr Sharan analyzed in detail the defeat of Rebrov's team in the match against the Czech Republic.
Volodymyr Sharan- The game can be divided into parts. In 23 minutes, the Ukrainian national team crossed the center of the field only two or three times. We tried to go through the middle pass, which is right on the one hand, but the Czechs were very aggressive in meeting our team. Our opponent played very well in martial arts, they pressed and caught the courage due to this. Unfortunately, an unfortunate mistake by Mykola Shaparenko led to our conceding the first goal.
I don't know why, but after scoring the goal, the Czechs tried to play more positively and switched to defense. Our guys did a great job of starting to play, attack, and play more aggressively. Thanks to this, they equalized the score in the match. This is how you can divide the first half into two or even three parts, because in the end we equalized the game. Everything seemed fine, but unfortunately, we conceded the second goal after the Czech national team attacked. There were many tall players in our penalty area, and we realized that there would be a lot of struggle. We lost the ball in the support area and they scored the second goal. Everything started from the beginning.
The second half seemed to start well, we had chances to equalize, for example, after a free kick, and Zabarnyi hit the crossbar after a set piece, but that was in the first half. That is, the game was leveled and I will say that our guys did well. But the Czech players were more motivated after the defeat by Georgia. And then the referee awarded an unfortunate 11-meter penalty - the ball accidentally hit Matvienko's hand.
Of course, we could have equalized, and then, on the strength of our courage, won the match. But football is like that - 1-3. Sudakov scored in the end, and in stoppage time he could have scored a second time. Our team tried, but it was not enough. The Czech Republic played more aggressively, looked better in martial arts and pressed hard," the expert said.
