Ukrainian national team midfielder comments after the match.

The national team of Ukraine lost to Germany in the away match of the fifth round of the group stage of the League of Nations with a score of 1: 3.

Taras Stepanenko believes that the team needs to rest and complete the task at the tournament.

" Of course, in some moments I had to endure. But in some - played with the ball, controlled it.

Sometimes the speed of decision making and rush led to the fact that we lost the ball. But that's another level. Here everything is played a little faster, you need to get used to.

How additional testing has affected? It is clear that a difficult situation.

Dropped out footballers who were supposed to play. The coaching staff quickly changed everything. With the score 1: 2, when there were moments, there was not enough fresh footballer to attack to refresh the game, burst in somewhere with a fresh head.

It is necessary to gather and recover those who are and put the squeeze on this tournament in order to complete the task - to stay in the division, "

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