Leonid BURYAK: “This will not happen, but Ukraine must beat Scotland”

Legendary Ukrainian football player Leonid Buryak is confident that the Ukrainian team can beat Scotland and Wales to reach the World Cup.

– Now 11 Dynamo players are preparing as part of the national team of Ukraine for the 2022 World Cup playoff selection. What do you think, what chance does our national team have to please the Ukrainians by reaching the final part of the World Cup?

– We do not need gifts in the form of direct access to the World Cup. To win we need to buy tickets through sports, but it will not be easy. It is very difficult for teams like Scotland and Wales to play especially at home. They play a specific football, very athletic, play a lot on the second floor. It is difficult to predict how Alexander Petrakov will be able to prepare his players for these matches. Football players from the UPL played only friendly matches, although this is a plus, because most of our legionnaires in foreign championships are not the main players, each of them has problems.

We will empathize, believe and support our team. Football players should be intertwined with the situation in the whole country, mobilize all their forces and show absolute devotion. Every athlete has a higher goal and the World Cup is a Mecca for footballers. If we have a chance, we have to fight for it.