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We draw your attention to the announcement of the League of Nations match between the teams of Ukraine and Spain.
Oct. 13, 2020, 7 a.m.
Another meeting for the Ukraine team with the Spanish team. The players of our team do not have the most pleasant memories of the first game. In the away game, the Spanish won 4: 0.
Ukraine – Spain
Tuesday, October 13. NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kiev. Pavel Gilles (Poland) – the main referee of the meeting. Television broadcast on Ukraine and Soccer 1 TV channels.
The Ukraine team will play another difficult match. Andriy Shevchenko’s charges have already lost 3 matches in a row, but there is no reason to expect a rehabilitation in front of the fans in the match against the Spanish. Ukraine is experiencing huge personnel problems. Ruslan Malinovsky joined Shakhtar’s injured and coronavirus players.
Ruslan will not be able to play in the next game due to too many yellow cards. If anyone can be celebrated in matches against France and Germany, it is Malinovsky. Midfielder Atalanta was the only bright spot in the Ukrainian team’s game. How will our midfielder deal with the Spanish now? A difficult question, which, most likely, has no answer and the technical staff of the “blue-yellow”.
If you don’t pay attention to the number of goals conceded in the last matches, but instead watch the game, Spain was the most difficult opponent for Ukraine. With the abundance of goals scored by the French, in the match with the world champions, at least occasionally, we managed to create good opportunities to score, and our line-up was far from optimal. In the match against the Spanish, Ukraine created practically nothing. Luis Enrique’s team “strangled” Shevchenko’s players in their own half of the field and allowed them to cross midfield several times. Playing the whole game on defense is complicated, above all, psychologically, but that is exactly what awaits our team in the next game with the Spanish. As a well-known television expert puts it: “There is a ‘selection day’. In this case, this term is applied at the right time.
Perhaps the main question that may interest the fans is what conclusions have our coaching staff drawn and what lessons have they learned from the first match? Will we see something that can be called an antidote to the high Spanish pressure, against the active flanking?
I don’t want to be pessimistic and predict another defeat for our team, but let’s face it. What can prevent the Spanish from beating Ukraine in this fight? Our team, experiencing major staff problems, is in a serious psychological state, can you really count on points at the next meeting? I’m afraid not.
The head-to-head stats are dismal: 1 draw and 5 losses. In the first meeting in 2003, Ukraine played Spain 2: 2, then only defeats follow. In addition, Ukraine in the last four meetings cannot score at least one goal. The last time the Ukrainians attacked the Spanish gate was in 2003. Andriy Shevchenko then scored in an away game and Ukraine lost 1: 2. Therefore, there are no high expectations for the next meeting. We expect the worst, we believe in the best!
Forecast 0: 4Sergei Gorbachenko, Football.ua
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