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The Ukrainian goalkeeper shared his thoughts after playing with Belgium.
Andriy Lunin, Getty Images March 24 2025, 10:45
“It is very unfortunate, because given the result of the first game, we were counting on the passage further. It was realized that it would be very difficult, a completely different game, but probably somewhere, I do not know, I do not know. Immediately after the match it is difficult to analyze the game well. Probably, physically somewhere, they were squeezed for some way. Globally, it was very unfortunate.
Would not say that someone was glued. It seemed to me that after the missed first and second goals, I will not say that we started to control the game, but became more aggressive. Apparently, it is the same story as with the Belgium national team – they lost their first game, they had nothing to lose. To the score 2-0 they were aggressive, fled, pushed. They had nothing to lose.
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When we lost 0: 2, we can say that the game was flat, we had nothing to lose. We started some points, it seems to me that Viktor Tsygankov had a moment, Artem Dovbik could score his head. It is necessary to analyze somehow, you do not need to bring to miss, and then start creating a danger. Defended quite well, organized. Save for 70 minutes. Somewhere they did not get there. If you would use at least one point, the game has also changed.
We all realized that this second game would be radically different from the first match. It was clear, we were preparing for it. Unfortunately, now something to say … We want to apologize to the fans, we had support, many people. It was very nice. I think everyone saw that the boys gave all their strength, no one cleaned their feet, everyone ran, defended themselves, tried to run into counterattack.
The guys are of course upset. I was not in the locker room, because there was a doping test. Conclusions, of course, we will make, analyze the next time as we will gather. We understand that our goal is to enter the World Cup. These games were very important, informative because we won and lost.
Some conclusions were and will be drawn after the victorious match, conclusions will be drawn and the second game will be analyzed. This is a top rival, a top team, good players, we want to play against such teams, we wanted it. These games are 100% informative, we will try to win more of such games, “Lunin said on Megogo.
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