Michele Marcolini shared his thoughts after the game with Ukraine.

Head coach of the Malta national team Michele Marcolini commented on his team's defeat in the Euro 2024 qualifying match against Ukraine (1:3).

" Even if we covered the own goal, our gravel was absolutely alone in catching the ball and rolling at the goal. And then the penalties, but I respect that the episode with the penalty is a technique and a Ukrainian who runs with the ball even faster. Mentally, we felt really bad at this moment.. The crossbar is another reason why the result is covered.

In the other half, we tried, we fought, we pressed high, we punched hard, but, unfortunately, we couldn’t match the goals. Meni Skoda Gravians of Malta, because they deserved a different result, they played a very good match.

Malta - Ukraine. Our ratings There are miracles in Ukraine, they are fighting with Italy for another place. The citizens of Malta showed courage and readiness to fight for a good result. A draw or victory over Ukraine would be an incredible result for us. They kicked me too hard. Ale couldn’t reach, cover. We concentrate on the positive moments that this match had - and there were a lot of them.

Mudryk - neutral gravets. We lost because we constantly caused trouble, scored a penalty, scored a goal. Why should a club like Chelsea pay a lot?. This is football, such as gravel, like wine, to make a difference - and to make a difference,” - in the words of Markolina Suspilne Sport.

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