Defender of the national team of Ukraine Nikolai Matvienko summed up the friendly match against the team of Morocco.

The Ukrainian team played a friendly match against Morocco in Geneva, which ended in a goalless draw.

- Nikolai, were not surprised that the Moroccan team from the first minutes will aggressively attack the gate of Andrey Pyatov?.

- Yes, we were a little surprised that the opponent started playing five defenders. This even embarrassed us a little. There were unnecessary traffic on our part. In the second half on the field the situation became more understandable. During the break, the coach suggested how to deal with this. In addition, the team of Morocco has already started to play four defenders.

- What was the chance of Ukraine? In counterattacks?.

- I think that the team of Ukraine should have more moments than we created in this game. The match was hard, grueling. The Moroccan national team began to play faster, and it was hard for us.

- Tired after this game?.

- Yes. But ahead of two days of recovery, and then the game with Albania. I think that this time will be enough for us to prepare well for the next opponent.

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