Commenter: “There hasn’t been such a strong left winger since Konoplyanka”

Commentator Oleksandr Mikhailyuk praised the Ukrainian national team’s game in the test match against Borussia M (2:1).

“The match itself was very atypical as the national team and club came together. It was even an exhibition game. Although I do not want to call the football match of the Ukrainian team in such a difficult period, an exhibition match. The overwhelming majority of our fans were in the stands and it was more of a support match. Support for our football team, support for our inflexible people, support for the struggle of the entire civilized world against barbarians from the east and north, and finally support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

But we also do not forget that our team is preparing for the butt, I hope, will fight and I must honestly admit that I was looking forward to the match with Borussia, but at the same time I did not expect to see anything unusual. Our legionnaires are still in their clubs, and Petrakov could only count on players playing for Ukrainian teams. At the same time, we hoped that the existing collections would be about the same fairly high level of physical fitness. In the end, these hopes were partially justified. It should be noted that Borussia Mönchengladbach, like our team, tried and tested the closest reserve during the meeting.

We also did a lot of experiments with both personnel and tactical schemes. We started with 2 defenders and in the second half we moved to triple central defenders. What we liked was that our team felt quite comfortable with both models. We do not forget that Popov, Bondar, Bulets, Konoplya and others were very well aware of Petrakov’s working methods, so our “nearest reserve” did not “fall” either. As for Yefim Konoply’s mistake, it was purely technical. The opponent simply “read” this pass and used it to the maximum. In general, the Ukrainian national team made a very good impression both for the first match after a big break, and for the duel in which our main stars were absent.

Although this evening a new star shone in the Ukrainian team.

Of course, you can not ignore the game of Mikhail Mudrik, where Alexander Petrakov did not take us to the victorious world championship. During his time on the field, Shakhtar’s winger, thanks to his technique and ease of handling the ball, intimidated opponents not only on the wing, but also in the middle of the field and even in the center forward position. The amount of attacking work was done tremendously. So this goal in the 9th minute was a reward for the young player for his hard work and the right motivation for the game. Since Konoplyanka, we have not had such a bright, individually strong, right-footed player in the national team who defended the offensive left wing so well. I really want Mikhail to play at the same level in official matches. But overall, I want our guys to add more with every workout. Nevertheless, for starters, I repeat, all this is very, very optimistic, ”Mikhailyuk said.