The head coach of the national team of Ukraine Sergey Rebrov gave a press conference after the match with Albania (1:2).

\? Chantly, to the one we played against a very strong opponent. The Albanians defended themselves in a competent and organized manner, it was important to know the space. We tried to make some good passes in the penalty area, but, unfortunately, we didn’t create a lot of chances in the first half. So, when Roman Yaremchuk had a moment. In the other half we had chances, we scored the ball, we could have scored more. It’s a pity, football is like this, if you don’t score, then they score on you.

It’s important to play on such a level. Albania defended itself very strongly and did not give any room to attack. It’s really important to open up such defenses, Mother Terpinya. We had to worry about it, but the penalty kicker didn’t have enough pain. This is the same problem that we had in our game against Rumunia - we controlled the ball, but didn’t create chances, didn’t win the penalty box. Albania, as in the Euro, defended itself in an organized manner. Let’s just talk about our attack, but about our defense: how we can concede two goals in three counterattacks? There was no balance in defense, the whole team had to defend in the other half, and not allow such chances to be created."

\? We got a lot of tips. In the first half, we dominated the other half, created chances, scored a goal. Ale, as I said, football is not only attack, but defense. Our other missed goal... I was immediately amazed and I don’t understand how it’s possible to defend like that on such a level. We added to the cob of the other half, scored a goal, ale treba grati 90 hvilin"

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The need to concentrate and concentrate on your role in the team. We now have two days to renew. It is important for the Gravs to understand that after the first duel, everything is ruined. The Czech Republic lost today - 1:4. Ale we have to think to ourselves, show another group in defense. This is important for the future, but not less for the upcoming match. “If it’s too low in an hour, you need to react shvidko,” Rebrov said.

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