Ukraine's national team in Marbella tied with Saudi Arabia.

Midfielder of the national team of Ukraine Yevgeny Konoplyanka shared his opinion after the match with Saudi Arabia (1: 1).

"I do not think it was rain that prevented us from winning this fight. We simply did not realize the moments that we had. However, it is not necessary to be upset, because in some segments of this match we showed good football, "- quotes Konoplyanki official website FFU.

"Surprised by Saudi Arabia?". We watched the matches of the Arabians and knew that they controlled the ball well, but they had positional problems. We tried to use this flaw, and here and there we succeeded. Were ready for such a game on the part of the opponent, but, again, the whole problem is that we did not realize our moments. I want to mention our debutant - Andrei Lunin. He played the match almost unmistakably, several times saved us in the second half ".

"I had a game. It's nice to play together with Matviyenko and Sobol. All the time I felt support from them. In addition, Artem Kravets worked perfectly, which was constantly opened. The only thing that was not enough - it's a little time to even better play.

But I think that we are moving in the right direction.

Linnet persistently during the match gave the captain's armband to Rotan, but he did not want to take it away.

"This is my principled position. I will never go on the field with him as captain. I respect him very much and I think that he is the real captain ".

The next match the Ukrainian team will hold on March 27 in Belgian Liege against Japan. The beginning is planned at 15:20 Kiev time.