The Ukrainian forward shared his thoughts after the game against Malta.

Ukrainian national team forward Artem Dovbik commented on his team’s victory in the Euro 2024 qualifying match against Malta (3:1), in which he scored a goal and converted a penalty.

" Malta plays such a tough football at home: they don’t forget the docks, they always look for their chances on counterattacks. That's why we've been waiting for this. It’s good that after conceding a goal, the little ones got into it, started playing their football and won.

With Malta it was more important to grati, the hounds were viscous, steadily provoking, squealing, hanging on me. In Northern Macedonia there were a few simpler areas, some free zones where you could run. We already realized before the fights that there would be two important matches. Thank you for getting the result.

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Penalty? Having hit the goalkeeper, he lost his ability to stand until the rest, and beat me a little. Good for scoring. I can feel the excitement now. I think that in such moments we will make different decisions. Since goalkeepers also wonder who they beat and wonder, I think that we need to analyze and change the technique of the shot.

Match from Italy? Pershu gro mi remembrance, scho mi mali momenti. I haven't lost any strength after the match against England. We will have one game, we will need to give everything to ourselves in this match. We will have moments – and there will be a different game than the one that happened in Italy,” quote Dovbyk Suspilne Sport.

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