Ukraine national team defender Oleksandr Karavaev commented on his team’s defeat in the 2026 Emergency Selection match against France (0:4).

“Okay, cover up the program with such a rakhunk. Tim, especially since the first half played 0:0, was good, played compactly in defense. There were moments when we ran well or transferred the ball from flank to flank. Well, it’s clear that with a team like the one from France, it’s really important to play, especially if you waste balls on the other side of the field, and the stinks, of course, vibrate even faster, in them even more.

Then, if in the other half a controversial penalty was not given in their goal, and immediately in ours - it’s obvious that it broke us, because we had already woken up and the stinks were speeding up in these zones, and we had already escaped well.

You miss a goal and understand that it’s really important to win against such a team. We wanted to go forward unless we needed to play perfectly and not waste the balls, because such teams immediately punish counterattacks.

That's how the French can get excited? We all know how the stinks play, we know how the stinks play. We watched their games, obviously, and we realized that there was no need to give them space - those that were much better in the first half. And in the other half, this space had already appeared, because the score was already 1:0 and we, obviously, wanted to score here.

This game is over. It’s important to renew yourself and prepare for the next final game,” Karavaev said MEGOGO.

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