According to the 26-year-old striker of the Portuguese “Benfica”, it was a personal decision of each player of the “blue-yellow”. Even those national team players who used to speak Russian have now switched to communicating in Ukrainian.

The striker of the Ukrainian national team spoke about this on the air of the information telethon.

" Now everyone wants to communicate only in Ukrainian. Everyone understands that a turning point has occurred when you really need to show a unified position and patriotism. That is why, in my opinion, 100% of the players of the national team decided to communicate in Ukrainian,"

The striker also thanked the fans for their support in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup qualifier play-off against Scotland, which ended with the victory of the blue-and-yellows..

" We are now working only for Ukraine and for our defenders. Therefore, this is our common victory..

Motivation just rolls over, because every footballer feels a great responsibility to our people and our soldiers. Everyone continues their battle, only on different fronts.. We are trying to do what we do best to bring victory to Ukraine,"

In the decisive match for reaching the World Cup, the Ukrainian team will play with Wales. The fight in Cardiff will start on Sunday, June 5 at 19:00 Kyiv time.

Recall that the draw for the final part of the 2022 World Cup has already taken place. If the team of Alexander Petrakov can win a ticket to the world championship, then they will fight there in group B with England, the USA and Iran.

World Cup in Qatar will be held from November 21 to December 18, 2022.