Ukrainian national team player Ruslan Malinovsky commented on his team’s victory in the friendly match against Albania (1:0).
" Acceptably, urgently, overcome. All the boys came out charged to show great football. And to those patients who came to the stadium. I think the stench took away the satisfaction from football.
We created a lot of moments in the first half. Albania changed more than two players after the match against Poland. Yakbi showed us disgusting football, lost, obviously, it would have been unacceptable. That's why everyone was already preparing, they wanted some positive emotions after the match with Sweden. So we have all completed 100% and we will now prepare for the upcoming matches.
Peremoga was easy to finish? It’s not easy, but it’s energy-intensive, let’s just say, because we pressed a lot, when we picked up the ball, we immediately tried to cut its line. We created two or three bad moments. I have a moment when I want to put the middle of the crumbs with my back into the pillbox and have mercy. Ale tse, I respect the best moments when the team plays aggressively: when they lose the ball and immediately go to the pick. I had a lot of moments, we also collapsed a lot. That was done very well in physical terms.
Banner at the stadium: \? This is football, this is hospitals. You know, criticism comes first: it’s constructive, subjective. People who were at the stadium, of course... Everyone at home can watch on TV and criticize there, saying bad speeches - but it’s one thing. And if people come to admire great football, it’s our responsibility to show great football. So, this is not our greatest performance and result in Sweden. This is football, this is football.
I’ll remember the same game in Serie A: the great squeeze, the new coach of the arrivals from Rome, the whole career of Serie A... We arrived in Rome - the first half, the first 30 matches - we took three goals, and no one knew what was lost. I wanted everyone to be charged up before the game, learning what we could, everyone had it in their heads that we could play. Is this the kind of talk that happens in football?. Therefore, it is necessary to endure, survive and continue to cope, and even more.
All the boys will be driving around the club in a normal mood. Not satisfied, but in a normal mood, and will prepare for the championship matches,” the UAF press service quotes Malinovsky.
On Football. ua available for viewing video review of the match Ukraine – Albania.