The director of Lviv’s "Karpaty," Andriy Tlumak, shared his thoughts on the defeat of the Ukrainian national team against Belgium (0:3) in the return match of the UEFA Nations League playoff.
Andriy Tlumak— To be honest, there are no complaints among the guests only about goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, although he conceded three times. If it weren’t for his lightning-fast reaction at the last line, everything could have ended even worse.
We must give credit to the Belgians, who worked hard on their mistakes after quite an unexpected defeat in Murcia — 1:3. Yesterday they noticeably increased their aggression and practically allowed the Ukrainians to do nothing. However, the guests themselves are to blame, having chosen a passive tactic.
It's dangerous when the opponent has such a battering ram striker as Lukaku or midfielder De Bruyne with a powerful long shot. They should not have focused on parking the bus near their area but actively met the opponent in the midfield block and used vertical passes to make him act with an eye on the back.
Unfortunately, while in Murcia head coach Serhiy Rebrov guessed with the substitutions, this time he did not. In Genk, his colleague from the Belgian national team, Rudi Garcia, took a confident revenge. The Ukrainian national team has once again proven that it performs poorly in the second of two consecutive matches. The fiasco in Genk cost them promotion in the Nations League," Tlumak said.
