Midfielder of the national team of Ukraine Ruslan Rotan commented on the fight against Japan.

Ruslan Rotan, who played the 100th match in the Ukrainian national team in a duel against Japan, answered journalists' questions.

- After the relative failure against Saudi Arabia, I really wanted to win, so the main thing that could win.

- Why did it happen that with the stronger than the previous opponent, the team of Japan managed to play more successfully?.

- In friendly matches the result is still not in the first place. The main thing is to play on relationships, mutual understanding. The task of winning at any cost was not in either the first or second match. Just the guys themselves felt that the game against Saudi Arabia was unconvincing, and they wanted to somehow rehabilitate themselves.

- And what does the 100th match mean for you?.

- Just another match (smiling). I would not want to get hung up on this. For me, the main thing is to be a useful team.

- Are you setting a certain limit for yourself?.

- I do not put any boundaries. For me, the main thing is to play football, get pleasure from it, be useful to the team, win. This then you begin to remember some boundaries, and you do not need to set them for yourself.

- Do you have any particularly memorable match in the national team?.

- I remember every match in the team, each of them remains in the heart.

- And the feelings after the debut match remained in memory?.

- I remember it was a match against Turkey, I went out for about ten minutes and could not figure out where I was at all. And the moment was to score ... - And the match in Georgia, after which the team won a ticket to the World Cup in 2006?.

"I remember everything perfectly well!" A lot of wine was at the airport, but not for us, but for coaches (laughs).

- There were no thoughts that somehow everything flew by: the first match - and that's the hundredth?.

- Indeed, somehow the time has passed unnoticed ... - Andriy Shevchenko does not worry that you can surpass his result?.

- On the contrary, when I congratulated - I wished to beat his result.

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