Ukrainian national team got a strong-willed draw in a friendly match with Italy (1: 1). Alexander Karavaev shared his emotions after the game in Genoa.

"Italy - top-level team. We expected them to run and put pressure on.. The coach said to play well tactically, do not let them do nothing. We knew that they love to make defenders throw behind the back, but we kept the line well and were constantly offside. It was risky, but it worked.. I would not say that in the first half we had a lot of attacks, although some counterattacks could have completed by the logical conclusion. In the second half, they calmed down more, they understood that they let them play and we had moments, scored a goal, so the game was very interesting and dynamic. Got a positive result - it's good ", - began the defender.

"They played at home, they wanted to create a lot of pressure in the first minutes. Excellent played Andrew Pyatov, when he was shot at point blank range. Somewhere there was a loss of concentration, but then we got together and already played more confidently. ".

“Is Italy the most difficult opponent? Yes! Before that, it was still difficult to play with Morocco. But Italy is a top-level team, they run and open, the ball is kept very high quality, so it was difficult to play against them ".

"We do not depart from our principles of the game, we do what the coaching staff demands from us, we are bending our line. We are trying to bring everything up to automatism in order to understand each other's football field and we have a lot to do, "said Karavayev in the commentary to Football.

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