The national team of Ukraine won the match of the third round in the selection for the World Cup 2026 - 3:5. The match in Reykjavik was a real attraction of goals and nerves, in which the Blues demonstrated character and problems in defense at the same time.

The central player Ruslan Malinovsky, who scored a double and became the final winner of the match, shared his emotions during the game with the Icelanders.

“I don’t remember, but for me, melodiously, the first “Lion of the match”. Radium persh for everything for the result, for the victory. It would be unacceptable to end this duel with destruction. We won, we gave a lot of strength, all the boys fought for the result. It’s really nice that we won.

Ale here is an individual sport, and we compete in a team sport. I respect that Vitaliy Mykolenko played brilliantly, and Vanat, and Shaparenko, and Voloshin wonderfully replaced Vyshov. Zahisniki victorious even more black robots. I can say the same about the skin gravel of the defense line.

When I thought about joining the national team? The river flew by so fast, and it looked like nothing was lost. I don't want to look back. I want to spend more, even though I’ve spent a lot of time. I want to give joy to people, show great football. This is more important for me. Of my two goals at the Icelanders' goal, I respect the other one. Klasnij Viishov.

The Icelandic fans were just playing drums, and ours were chanting and cheering. It was really nice. Damn it, the stinks came and cheered me up. It is necessary in such not at all speckled weather. I hope they didn’t freeze, but they were given good emotions,” quotes Ruslan Malinovsky UAF.

You can watch the video of the goals and watch the match between Iceland and Ukraine on Football. ua.