Head coach of the Ukrainian U-23 team Ruslan Rotan commented on his team’s defeat in the opening match of the group stage of the Olympic Games against Iraq (1:2).

" What kind of pattern can be found if the opponent orders two or three hits and we program? I’m wondering what the global peace is here, kids, that has turned this whole world upside down. We can accept this result. We lost through the pardons.

Penalties are our problems. We can't give up. We emphasized that the problem is not in the amends, but how we deal with them. I was disappointed by this fact, because we did not believe in ourselves.

I respect that we put the strongest on our heads for our opponent, but our favors became fatal for us. We began to worry, hurry, get nervous. This is not necessary. What time is it for this correction?. I didn’t get the price.

We have two games against even stronger teams.

The offensive match is the most important. May we renew ourselves at once?. I think we can get to Morocco in better physical and mental shape. And such matches and in them, perhaps, it is not possible to criticize anyone,” suggest the words of Rotanya Suspilne sport.

Previously, the director, Maxim Taloverov, shared his emotions after the game.

Ukraine will play its upcoming match against the national team of Morocco. We'll be back on the 27th of June.