Head coach of the Ukrainian youth team (U-17) Vladimir Yezersky commented on the game with the Lithuanians.

Ukrainian national team U-17 beat Lithuania 3: 1. The match was held within the framework of the Memorial of Viktor Bannikov.

"I was pleased with the first half. The guys again fulfilled what we agreed on. As a result, the team scored three goals. In the second 45-minute after a series of substitutions our game figure has changed slightly. We expected to continue the game on counterattacks, but, unfortunately, for a number of reasons, fully realize this plan was not realized, "the official site of FFU.

"Unfortunately, in this match because of injury we lost two players - Ryazantsev and Zdirka, who at this tournament will not help us anymore".

"Lithuania is weaker than Slovakia?" Slovakia, apart from successful actions in the defense, not bad and attacked.

We understood that the Lithuanians would give us the initiative. But, scoring in the debut of the match, we forced the opponent to reveal that we are only at hand ".

"We want to win the tournament, but not at any cost. For us now it is important to prepare well for the qualification matches of the European Championship. Although, of course, in the third fight of the tournament against the Georgian team, in which the national team of Ukraine will arrange a draw, we will only play to win ".