The mentor of the “blue-yellows” praised his wards, and also separately addressed the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who at the front defend territorial integrity from Russian invaders.

Petrakov spoke about this in a commentary on the Main Team program..

\! We made it to the end, although we didn’t have enough strength. This is the fifth game, so I thank them very much. Long gathering and the guys are tired. All were ill, had a temperature for 2-3 days.

What do I attribute the high marriage of the first half to Tired, all tired. I expected such a game from the Irish, they were fresher than us, it was evident. They added new players, because. It's the League of Nations, draw. It's good that they played. There was a conversation during the break, we talked with the guys, they got together, cheered themselves up.

Now break until September. Tomorrow morning we are going to apply for visas to Warsaw. It will be hard, we will find out when the championship starts. It’s not like flying from Kyiv, you will have to go to Warsaw, to Krakow, there is little time. There will be one day and already a game with Scotland, and then a difficult flight to Armenia.

In general, I'm happy with how the guys played. I send greetings to our fans in Ukraine, the armed forces - we played for you. Something did not work out, but the guys gave their all, did their best. In September we will see how to proceed. We are in first place in the League of Nations, we will rest, we will see when the championship starts, and we will move on there,"

Note that the Ukrainian team finished the match with Ireland with a score of 1:1.

In another match of the fourth round of our group, Scotland defeated Armenia on the road (1:4).

According to the results of four rounds, the Ukrainian team leads the quartet with 7 points.. In their opening match of the 2022/23 Nations League, the Blue-Yellows minimally defeated Ireland (0:1), after which Petrakov's team in Poland defeated Armenia (3:0).

After Ukraine, the table is followed by Scotland (6 points), Ireland (4) and Armenia (3). Note that the Ukrainians and the Scots played one game less.

The next match in the League of Nations, the Ukrainian team will play on September 21 away against Scotland.