“The player of the Ukrainian national team commented on the defeat by the Czech national team”, — write: sport.ua
Ivan Burzak and Maksima Strelnikov could not participate in the match against the Czech Republic due to injuries. Player of the national team of Ukraine Ihor Turchenko spoke about the reasons for the defeat, the importance for the national team of injured players and summed up the team’s performances at the European Championship.
“They played well in the first half, were careful with the ball. Everything worked out, there was a lot of strength and motivation in the attack. Everything was thrown, the goalkeepers helped. Yes, there were mistakes, but they also had them. I think that the first half was not bad.
In the second half, they started to lose a lot of goals. Losses. Somewhere they didn’t score, somewhere they overslept in defense. Is it fatigue? I don’t think so. It’s hard to say, you have to watch the match. In the first half we play very well, we have a lot of energy, motivation, but the second half… I just don’t know what to say.”
Group of “death”: Norway, France. Yes, the Czech Republic can play, but we have two injured players: Vanya Burzak and Maksym Strelnikov. We had to invent something in the defense, play somewhere 5-1, which we did not record. They went 6-0 overall, but those losses of Max and Vanya took a serious toll. If we had them in the cage for this match, there would be a different result, there would be a different defense – everything would be different.
Earned two removals per match? I just wanted to win. That’s how it turned out.
The results of Euro-2026? It is necessary to look at the matches played here and analyze the defense, attack, and correct mistakes. And the most important thing is losses, we have a lot of losses in attack. Passes to the out, we poke into the line or a bad pass, or the lineman did not catch it. A lot of losses – we need to see what good qualities we have in order to improve it: 1 on 1 or shots from behind,” said Ihor Turchenko.