Ukraine coach Andrey Shevchenko commented on the game of his team in a friendly match against Slovakia.

The head coach as a whole was satisfied with the level of football his team showed and separately paid tribute to the fans who attended this evening at the Arena Lviv and fervently supported the players in the blue and yellow T-shirts.

"Today it was very important to win. I asked the guys that they took this game very seriously, and I liked their attitude. And I am again grateful to the Lviv arena, it did not fail. Players played with a good mood, showed good football, created enough moments, could realize more, so I'm very pleased with the game.

Once again I am grateful to the fans for coming and supporting me, and their team did not fail. Can I say that I'm satisfied with both the quality of the game and the result? Oh sure. In some moments we could play much better, nothing is perfect. There are episodes over which we should work better. I wanted to finish the year on another note, but, nevertheless, we will rejoice in this victory too, because it is very important to win in such difficult matches ".

In addition, Shevchenko also evaluated the performances of the debutants of the national team - Yuri Kolomoyets, Alexander Andrievsky, Artem Shabanov and Sergey Myakushko.

"Kolomoets performed a large amount of work, based on the installation of the game. The only thing he did not have is a goal scored, but without it, I think Kolomoits's debut in the national team was a success, and I congratulate him on that! Congratulations, first of all, for the desire that he demonstrated today, and the amount of work done.

Someone played the last minutes, someone came out in the second half, someone came out at the beginning. This is a team, we will gradually introduce each player, they must come, get acquainted with our tactics of the game, our strategy, the principles that we profess here in the national team, "the official website of FFU quoted Shevchenko as saying..

Recall that the Ukrainian team won a strong-willed victory over Slovakia with a score of 2: 1. The next match the team of Andrey Shevchenko plans to hold in March 2018. It should be noted that the "blue-yellow" failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, having occupied in its group 3 place.