Defender of the Ukrainian national team Nikolai Matviyenko commented on the defeat to Belgium (0:3) in the second leg of the Nations League playoff match for the right to play in Division "A" of this tournament on MEGOGO. Recall that based on the sum of the two matches (3:1, 0:3), the Ukrainian team lost in this confrontation.
Nikolai Matviyenko— What are your emotions after the match as the captain?
— I would say, desolation. Not the result we wanted, not the game we wanted to show. Everything went completely differently than we planned.
— When did you feel that something was going wrong?
— It’s hard to pinpoint a specific moment. What was missing? I don’t want to look for a scapegoat right now after the game. We will watch the video and analyze it. Bad game.
It seems to me that we would have been better off conceding earlier and getting into the game more quickly. And when we conceded so late, we were already trying to hold the result and conceded again. That’s football, what can you do...
— We remained in Division "B". Did you want to rise higher, or does it not matter?
— Of course, we wanted to, no one wants to go into a match and lose. On the other hand, we lost nothing. In the next season of the Nations League, we will fight again to move up to Division "A".
— All the danger in this match from Belgium came from the right flank. It seemed that Zinchenko needed help...
— Everyone needed help. (Smiling). As I said, we won’t look for a scapegoat; it was very difficult for everyone today. Not the game we wanted to see.
