World Cup
Oleksiy BELIK: “Ukraine national team could have missed more than Empoli”
Former Ukraine national team striker Oleksiy Belik analyzed the national team’s test game against Empoli (3:1).
“We played a good game. I think all the set goals were achieved. I don’t mean the result, I mean the form process of the players who didn’t train. We had defensive mistakes. Empoli could have scored against us even though he wasn’t the strongest and most motivated opponent.
Today the team tried to break into the pressure. This good sign means we won’t be on the defensive with Scotland. Shaparenko plays an important role in this edition. Usually the direction of the press is determined by the striker, but for us it was Shaparenko who gave the signal. We did well, but the functional situation was not enough to score a few more goals from this pressure. “We did very well on offense though,” he said.
Source: Sport UA
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