Midfielder of the Ukraine national team Oleksiy Hutsulyak summed up the results of yesterday’s match against the Azerbaijan national team (2:1) in the 4th round of the 2026 World Cup qualifying tournament on MEGOGO, in which he scored the first goal for the «blue and yellows» and also recorded an assist.
Oleksiy Hutsulyak receives congratulations from Artem Dovbyk— The impressions are great, but it was a tough match. However, the main thing is the victory. It’s good that we won, this victory is for all Ukrainians and for all our soldiers. So it’s good that we won.
— You have a goal plus an assist in the match against Azerbaijan, a goal in the match against Iceland. How do you evaluate this period?
— I evaluate it like this: in the club — a bad period, in the national team — a good one.
— What emotions do you have about this?
— Well, what emotions... I am doing my job, so everything is calm, we keep working.
— Malinovsky assisted you in the episode with the first goal. Before the pass, he pointed to the far post. Did you practice such a play?
— We practiced, but it turned out as it did. We practiced, but not for me. No big deal. The main thing is that the ball ended up in the net.
