Rebrov named the reasons for the crushing defeat of the Ukrainian national team in Paris

On Thursday, November 13, a qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup took place, in which the national teams of France and Ukraine met. The wards of Didier Deschamps defeated the opponent with a score of 4:0.

After the match, the head coach of the “blue and yellow” Sergey Rebrov named the reasons for the unconvincing game and the painful defeat:

“I think there are two key points why we lost. The first is a penalty against France. As far as I could see, the opponent went with an open foot and, as far as I’m concerned, it’s a penalty. But the judge decided so. Then a penalty in our goal. These two points became key.

But I don’t think that France… Yes, in the second half they created a lot of moments when the fatigue affected our players. In the first half, we played very disciplined and did not allow to create almost anything.

Unfortunately, we lost 0:4, but we have time and opportunity to fix it on Sunday,” Rebrov said.