The goalkeeper of the Ukrainian national futsal team Kirill Tsipun gave an exclusive commentary to Football. ua.

The national team of Ukraine in the quarterfinal match of the European Futsal Championship will play against the national team of Kazakhstan.

Football. ua with the support of the title sponsor of the national futsal team of Ukraine Parimatch talked with the goalkeeper of the team Kirill Tsipun.

- How would you rate the group stage performed by the Ukrainian national team

- positively assess. We completed the first task - leaving the group. And in the matches that we played, despite the different results and difficulties, I will note the progress in the quality of the game. We add from match to match. And the main thing, of course, is those emotions and that unity in the team that moves the team forward.!

- The national team of Ukraine did not lose to Portugal in the game, but missed in the end. The team got physically hooked?

- Of course, a short bench and damage during the match for some players didn’t add strength to us for sure, but we can’t say that this was the reason for the missed goal. In any case, we had to score to win, it's a pity that it didn't work out. But nothing, then left for the quarterfinals.

- You almost managed to keep the gates closed in matches with Serbia and Portugal. It's a shame to concede goals in the end?

- A goal is a goal when the score is 6:1 or 0:1. In the first case, it does not change anything and does not affect anything, and in the second case, the outcome of the fight is decided. It doesn't hurt to concede at the end, beginning or middle, one, two, three or more goals - it doesn't matter if the overall result is positive. It's a shame to miss the goal that becomes decisive.

- We are glad that the fans were allowed to play against Portugal? How it feels during a match? We felt the support of Ukrainian fans?

- Certainly. It's always great to play with fans. They give emotion even when they cheer against you.

There may not have been many of our fans at the match, but we heard and felt their support. Thanks to everyone who comes to the games, and to everyone who watches the matches on TV or the Internet, and sincerely and truly cheers and worries about us!

- Which of the players of the Ukrainian national team has the most difficult or strong blow?

- Each of us can perform great, but Igor Chernyavsky is probably the strongest.

- Higita plays in the gates of Kazakhstan, one can already say a legend of futsal. How do you like his playing style

- Of course, Higuita is a strong player who brought a new trend to futsal. But to be honest, I would not like to talk about the players of other teams.. We have our team and I would rather talk about our strong futsal players!

- What are your expectations from the match against Kazakhstan. Ukraine can win?

- I don't like it when they put the question - " Why then go out to play if the opponent is higher rank on paper?

At the moment, to achieve our goal, we have one game. The whole team lives the dream to go further. Perhaps we don’t have the generally recognized best players in the world or legionnaires in our team, but we have us, Ukrainians, and for me our players are the best. You can write pros and cons for a long time, but on Monday there is a game that everyone is waiting for, and where, I am sure, everyone will do their best to achieve a positive result.

Artem Androsyan from Amsterdam Author: Artem Androsyan.