The head coach of the Ukrainian national team Andriy Shevchenko commented on the defeat in the match of the 3rd round of group C of Euro 2020 from the team of Austria (0: 1). Such a result is likely to leave the "

" We were late all the time, but I am grateful to the guys for their dedication in the second half, they gave their best. There are games when no matter how you want, but physically it is hard for you - and this was noticeable today.

We were late today, lost duels. Even when we tried to play at the expense of the structure, there were many unforced errors, this indicates fatigue, only about this.

When you are late everywhere, you are wrong, sooner or later it leads to mistakes. We lost the ball in midfield in a simple situation, went for a corner - and we conceded, we didn't play very well. And after that there was practically no chance to return to the game..

But the guys gave everything they had.

I saw a team that lacked strength. We tried to somehow strengthen the game, but it was almost impossible to do. We played at the level at which our physical form allowed us, "

Ukraine finished third in Group C with 3 points. Netherlands (9 points) - first, Austria (6) - second, North Macedonia (0) - last.

The 2 strongest teams of each quartet and 4 winners of the best third places will advance to the 1/8 finals.