Former Shakhtar defender Oleksandr Kucher assessed the victory of the Ukrainian national team over Georgia (1-0) on the third day of the Nations League.
Oleksandr Kucher- After two defeats, it was expected that the result would come first in this game. And the team successfully accomplished this task. They have won an important victory and are back in the fight for the best places in their Nations League group. The game was less spectacular and more tense, but the main thing now was to win. It was also very important for the players' psychological confidence.
For us, the start of the Nations League was a continuation of the Romania syndrome. Somewhere, the team may have been irresponsible in the game against Albania (1-2), and then failed to rehabilitate in the game against the Czech Republic (2-3). It was noticeable that the national team players came out for this game very charged, and it seems that this played a role.
The whole team tried to attack, and the whole team did not shy away from playing for the qualifiers - this is a positive trait. The players started playing not for themselves, but for each other. In the match against Georgia, we saw a real team that wants to win, despite the difficult personnel situation," the expert noted.
