The former Dynamo goalkeeper, who then trained Ukraine’s national teams of all ages Vladimir Citkin In a conversation with Sport.ua correspondent, he told what the ward of Sergiy Rebrov lacked to achieve the best result:
– As for me, players and head coach Sergei Rebrov are to blame for me. The players were not banally set to the duel, but the steering wheel for not reaching the wards.
In your experience of working with national teams, I know that during the short -term gathering before the tournament, mostly, psychological points do not pay attention. Make greater attention on game aspects. Then it was necessary to devote time to communication with the wards long before the tournament began? Then the owners would not prevail in setting up, playing tone, physical condition, which allowed them to act effectively in selection, on advance.
– And can such passivity on the field from logistics problems, which, recalled, were quite hindered by the domestic Grandam- Shakhtar and Dynamo during the euro of the cup battles?
– You should not look for any far -fetched excuses for the weak game of Ukrainians. They got to Canada on a comfortable aircraft, already in Toronto had enough time to acclimatize. So if they were once a Columbus overcome the ocean when America was opened, it could still be understood (laughs).
By the way, I did not like that before the start of the Toronto duel with Canadians, our players in Intening complained that the road to Canada took a lot of strength. They seemed to prepare the football public for their failure, sought in advance. It was not necessary to do this, especially in our time when there is a war. Prove your trade in the football field, and when not ready, they are not exit at all.
– I would like to hear your opinion about the game of our goalkeeper Trubin, who took the ball from the net four times.
– He did not help, but I believe that the Ukrainians lost not because of his mistakes.
– Unfortunately, this cannot be said about our defenders, and key midfielders Shaparenko and Sudakov were disappointed.
– Shaparenko has long been in combat sports uniform. It is possible that he no longer sees for himself new challenges in Dynamo, maybe Nicholas’ affairs will go better when he starts to speak abroad. The situation is similar to Sudakov. In addition, in the national team it operates on the left flank of the midfield, where it feels not comfortable. If something depended on me, I would change George with Zinchenko. This would benefit, he would take the game more often, threatened the opponent’s gate.
– Still, after the scales of criticism, Sergiy Rebrov’s wards were able to unite and completed the tournament on the major note, taking the mountain over the New Zealanders.
– I cannot say that Ukrainians played much better than with Canadians. Just this time there was a better realization, as in the moment, when the winning goal was killed, they were more often beaten at the gate. More motivated were football players who had fewer game practice.
On the other hand, they did not retain their gates again not touched, unfortunately, Lunin missed in the usual situation.
– It should be clarified that Ukrainians played in the experimental composition, although it was the last rehearsal before the autumn qualifying cycle for the World Cup.
– I believe that our team can play much better. I hope the work is done to correct errors. Sergei Rebrov already has comprehensive information who is worth it.
I think that the players themselves were once again convinced of how football is severely punished for their professional attitude to their responsibilities. By the way, perhaps it is this pilgrimage from the Canadians that will allow ours to prepare for the starting match of the selection – with the French. Because only the maximum tune, the willingness to jump above their heads can help Ukrainians give a fight in September Grand Football.
Earlier, the midfielder of the national team of Ukraine Vladislav Kabayev appreciated the performance of “blue and yellow” in Canada.
Source: Sport.ua