Ukraine suffered a sensational defeat from Malta in a friendly match - 0: 1. Wards Andrew Shevchenko and could not find the answer to the goal Zak Muscat in the 15th minute of the meeting.
"The result is not very pleasant. I think it's unacceptable - to lose such a team. Now a lot of food for thought at the coaching staff and players. We must ponder why we are here, why did we come to the national team, "Malinovsky said in an interview with the Football Channel.
"Such games also happen - well, it's football, you know? We tried to control, but missed the ridiculous ball. Malta tried to maximize the time, fight back, just stood up the whole team behind ".
"But we need to look for positive moments. I hope this will shake us before the match with Finland and with the Finns we will show real football. [Defeat from Malta] is a negative point, but we will try to derive from this positive ".
Match Finland-Ukraine in the selection for the World Cup-2018 will be held on June 11.