The commentator and serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vadim Skichko expressed his opinion regarding the defeat of the Ukrainian national team by Canada in a friendly match — 0:4.
Vadim Skichko“In principle, it’s almost one in the morning, so one can express thoughts in whatever way one wishes. The reality is that the Ukrainian national team performed, let’s say, below expectations, right? How much did we talk about the bright and correct performances outside the football field. And those that were done by the UAF, and generally the organizers of this event in Canada. And, unfortunately, what happened on the green rectangle did not correspond to the level of expectations and all the other efforts.
Moreover, the Ukrainian national team even after that France we mentioned, then a bit later there was Spain, when Tsigankov scored, beating them, when we lost to the Poles, then there was Moldova 4:0 with a very confident game… So now I’m leading to the point that matches with New Zealand, we are again talking about — some kind of failing match, which means that the next one must be shown as it should.
It is important to remind those guys who were on the football field “BMO Field” today in blue jerseys that they are in a very privileged position compared to many of their compatriots. Those people, who are even younger than them, and those who are significantly older — they are currently fighting for the independence of our homeland. While they can allow themselves to engage in their favorite activity — playing football.
So they need to remind themselves every day, before a football match, after it, for what they are playing, with what emblem on their jersey they are performing. This is very important. If these were not empty words for them, then we would probably see a different team against New Zealand. Let’s hope for that.
And lastly, one thing I would like to add — probably, it would have been worth it at halftime (Rebrov said that everyone would play) to simply put 11 new footballers on the field. Maybe that would even have a better effect, because making no substitutions at all, well, there’s just a huge, huge disappointment effect right now from the game. Of course, Canada fully deserved, we do not diminish their merits, but the Ukrainian national team performed significantly below their capabilities,” said Skichko.
