Roman Kotlyar won the match of the third round of the group stage for our national team.

A draw with the national team of Belgium deprived Ukraine of its playoff position in the European Championship. Serhiy Rebrov's team showed good football and could have claimed more. Meanwhile, the good times will come soon. While the tournament situation was not entirely in the distance, until the final whistle of the third round, he was awarded for the result. This is truly meritorious. From whose materials we will find out how the “Signo-Zhovtim” itself was able to effectively resist the famous opponent.

The national team of Ukraine was well prepared for Domenico Tedesco’s team - it didn’t deprive them of a lot of space, they closed the leaders and tried to squeeze them into their half. There was a serious problem before the match.. Due to the unwillingness to play Viktor Tsigankov and Mikhail Mudryk, the coaching staff had to make an important decision - to try to replace them in position with a risk of less balance in defense, or to reverse the scheme and change the warehouse. In practice, another option emerged, which was already exciting. However, it turned out to be effective.

The team played without pure wingers, but then ended up with two forwards, which was previously wanted by a large number of patients and experts in the context of assessing the relationship between Roman Yaremchuk and Artem Dovbik. One match is not adequate for a comprehensive assessment, but the idea has not been developed in the way that is needed in the world. In recognition of Tsigankov and Mudrik, Mikola Shaparenko and Georgy Sudakov are grateful for creativity.. In the defense of Viyshov Oleksandr Svatok as the third central director. This is due to the fact that Ukraine, under the supervision of its coaching staff, often plays with top opponents even though it is inferior in defense.

It’s easy to say that Belgium saw the intense pressure and never wanted to push it in, except sporadically. Everyone clearly felt the picture " Under great pressure, our team can begin to make peace, but here they were given the opportunity to forcefully build up, lean forward, find addressees between the lines.

A dozen moments came after the passes under the movements of the forwards in the depths, one of them, already in the other half, ending with the transfer of Yaremchuk to Dovbyk, if the Grave Zironi did not catch him on the far side of the penalty area.

Nine Belgium is not well organized in terms of protection, especially since there is a need for compensation for space and insurance for workers. I decided to compete in this match.

Also good practice and pressing. Ukraine itself was trying to cover up its opponent, confuse him with indirect passes, attack him in an unsafe zone, in order to try to win the ball. Pivzakhist won a lot of black work, with the appearance of Vitaly Mykolenko and the exit of Oleksandr Tymchik, it was not allowed to pass the flanks. It is especially important to close Jeremiah Doku. Don’t be surprised by those that the winger recovered from a careless dribble, in general, it was possible to eliminate a large part of the bitterness from the new. In the first place, I'm sorry for the one who was caught in two.

They didn't allow Romelu Lukaku too much. Forward has played well in games and in fact everything. The top crosses of Belgium were taken over by the center backs, but other problems could not be solved.

Then Kevin De Bruyne dispersed the attacks with firm passes, coming out of the pressure, thereby creating potential scoring episodes for Belgium. Ale and here, as a rule, it was necessary to go through or knock the ball.

There were problems in the transitional phases, but the transition from attack to defense was a problem for both teams, so both of them played well here..

In the other half, Ukraine had more risk, after the last substitution, the scheme was transformed into 4-4-2, there were more counterattacks on both sides, but as a result of the fact that it was important for the team of Sergiy Rebrov to achieve the result be bigger.

This was a good match and the goal was to play more and more beautifully at Euro 2024. So, it was possible to prove that the current team was created to competently fight against top opponents in great matches, and the goal was to gain momentum during the tournament.

Having started not far away, and then appearing more and more beautifully. The credit goes to both the team and the coaching staff. In particular, the sustria with his subsidiaries Domenico Tedesco managed to mix up his opponent in a more careful style, minimizing most of his weak sides, which cannot but please. In the upcoming game, it is definitely possible to paint, the Euro is the most important for our national team and from this it is necessary to develop the correct principles.

Author: Roman Kotlyar.