Acting head coach of the Ukrainian national team Alexander Petrakov spoke about the upcoming qualifying matches of the 2022 World Cup.

" Lost glasses - you ain't gone nowhere. This is a difficult situation, very difficult, but this is how the national teams are based and work..

Let's not talk, to go to Qatar you need to win all five matches. You know how, let's all of us live together with you, there is a game, there is Kazakhstan, the city of Nur-Sultan, Astana-Arena, everything, there is nothing else. We will play there as it will be, then turn this page and move on.

The prefix does not put pressure on me and. , not at all, even wondering, I've never been with this prefix.

Andriy Shevchenko and I talked in a friendly way. I can honestly say that many thanks to Andrei, Andrea and Mauro for the work done in five years. They shared their opinions with us, they are accessible guys, they shared their experience and training sessions with us. I took something, something will be mine. Thanks a lot to them. Andrey told me: " I'm right? \! "

Earlier it was reported that Alexander Shovkovsky entered the coaching staff of the Ukrainian national team.