Head coach of the national team of Ukraine Sergey Rebrov, before the 2026 emergency match with Iceland in Reykjavik, spoke about preparations before the match.

" I don’t care that Iceland doesn’t play on balls, with the new coach they control the ball more, start attacks with goals and not just long passes. We must be ready for this.

I respect that it is important for us to demonstrate a more aggressive approach, consistent with the remaining match against Azerbaijan. Show me what I want to win qiu gr. I sing in the lads. We have been told and I believe that they want to rehabilitate themselves in the next two matches. So I suspect that tomorrow there will be a completely different national team of Ukraine.

I respect you, this pressure is to blame, but in the first place, I'm sorry to help you. If I worked at Dynamo - if I hadn’t worked - the pressure would be forever.

I tell the Gravians first: There is no need to be afraid of losing, you need to be afraid of earning enough to win..

You need to think to yourself, what will you show if you see it on the football field?. How do you have no respect for yourself after the game?. It’s really important that we go out and give everything for victory tomorrow. And what will be the result, we don’t care,” Rebrov said.

. On Football. ua online text broadcast of the match will be available.