Captain of the national team of Ukraine Ruslan Rotan commented on the work of the coaching staff during the selection at the 2018 World Cup.

The national team of Ukraine was not able to qualify even in the playoffs to the World Cup 2018, taking third place in its qualifying group. Decisive was the home defeat of the national team of Croatia.

"It's hard to say why we did not go to the world champion. I want to start with the fact that in the game plan the team has grown uniquely. I am sure that this year the foundation was laid, I see the potential of the national team. I do not want to say that we will pass the next selection 100%, but I see progress, first of all, in the tactical plan and building the game, the team knows what it wants, there is a game, a game of passing,.

Another thing is that the implementation and luck was not enough. If we were luckier, then everything could be completely different. Take at least the last match with Croatia. After the first half in the locker room, I thought we would score at least two goals,. After the missed goal, everything went unstuck, we were psychologically not persistent.

It is clear, when there is no result, much goes to the arena of strongmen who understand football.

I think the main foundation is to control the game and constantly be on the ball. With such a group of attacks, like us, we can conduct quick attacks and score quick balls. Forwards? This is problem. Someone has a trauma, someone does not play. That last decisive blow that needs to be dealt with, this is the problem.

We have attackers, but either they are not put in clubs or they do not play for other reasons, and so I see the potential of the national team. I think the next cycle will be decisive, "Rotan told the program Football.