The final qualifying playoff match for the World Cup 2026 against the Swedish team was special for Matviy Ponomarenok: the young player was ahead of the best on the field for the football of the national team of Ukraine and immediately. The defeat with a score of 1:3 and the loss of chances to go to the World Cup did not allow the forward to once again enjoy his special achievements.

After Ponomarenko’s meeting, we were very aware of the important atmosphere in the team, and then immediately noticed the success of the upcoming team:.

“Emotions are immediately negative, which is why we lost in such an important game. At the bedspread, one might say, like mourning. Ale such games are guilty of making us stronger. We will analyze what didn’t work out in us, and we will collapse further,” said the forward.

The debutant noted that the joy of the goal was completely crossed by the positive result.

“I tried to help the team, but, unfortunately, this goal did not bring anything, so they lost 3:1. For myself, it’s really nice that this has happened, but there’s still a lot to work on,” adding.

Genuinely calling on fans not to lose faith in the team after this failure:.

" We will try to correct our mistakes and rush forward, because we have a young, ambitious team, so I’m sure there’s still so much more to be achieved,” summing up Mriya’s article about the 2026 World Cup for our team, unfortunately, it ended. The Ukrainian national team has a friendly match against the Albanian national team ahead of them.