The defender of the Ukrainian national team, Yukhym Konoplia, shared his expectations for the decisive matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
— To achieve something positive, of course, we need to win, but we will do our best as always, and then we’ll see whether we get lucky or not.
We need to analyze how we played against Iceland, especially for me personally, as I probably had one of my worst matches then. We need to approach this with a positive mindset both mentally and physically, and show our maximum. I hope everything will go well.
The recipe for success for Ukraine in the match against France? Once my coach at the Odessa academy used to say that discipline beats class, and we’ll try to take advantage of it, — Konoplia is quoted by the Telegram channel 'Vzbirna' referring to 'PROFUTBOL Digital'.