Valentin Rubchinsky shared his thoughts after playing against Iraq.

Ukraine U-23 senior player Valentin Rubchinsky commented on his team’s performance in the match of the opening round of the Olympic Games against Iraq (1:2), in which he scored a goal.

" Alas, there is no strong joy, because we lost. The team, in a small way, overcame, but controlled the entire first half, scored a goal. Then we conceded an unacceptable goal, and the team got tired of it and began to squeeze us. It so happened that we lost the whole match.

Having scored the first goal, we conceded as soon as we scored, but we didn’t get the taste of victory. And it so happened that the team felt more joyful, and it was already more important for us,” to quote Rubchinsky Suspilne sport.

Previously, head coach of the national team Ruslan Rotan shared his tips for the match with Iraq.