“No understatement! The League of Nations is not a dog’s tail for you “

Soccer journalist Artem Frankov On his telegram channel, he made an express analysis of the victory of the Ukrainian team on the 4th matchday of the Nations League against the Spanish team (1: 0):

“With the victory of our team! Where to begin when describing it, that is the question. One thing I will say right away: the night of the 13th to the 14th we celebrate without reservation, and this party is extremely natural and unifies the nation, in contrast to the one constantly invented by stupid politicians. A little later, we began to discover, that is, to seriously analyze what happened.

So where do we start? Is it from the wisdom of the coaching staff, who finally realized that against the Spanish and other rivals of this level, we can only play successfully “on the stove”, with ten players on defense and with a bet against, even a crazy one, but even a wild one in It’s pretty.

Either by the relaxation of an opponent who a month before weighed the handcuffs to Ukraine and became convinced of our incapacity the other day. It is not realistic to rebuild from that state of mind during the game.

From the exploits of individual footballers: Zhora Buschan, Sergei Sidorchuk, Viktor Tsygankov, Andrei Yarmolenko. On this list, you are always afraid of forgetting someone, and this is unacceptable. The whole team won, and in no case does he dare to belittle someone’s merits.

I will add, without listing Buschan and K’s Spanish moments and stops: Karavaev and Zabarny managed to strangle Fati; Sobol and Mikolenko did not stop Traore (according to the Spanish, the best of the national team), but his teammates knew how to ensure their shots and feedings.

If it is necessary to remember, I have warned more than once that numerous fans, let’s call them going crazy with their clubs, do not dare to drive a gap between the main Ukrainian clubs, because everything is changing. Is it really necessary to bring the current calculations contrary to your past and get down to your level? Do I need to act out idiotic gloating?

But what I will definitely remind you of after all the hugs, congratulations, kisses, and thanks in all ways: don’t bury each other dear ones! We, or rather you, are great companions. We won an important and valuable one, noted in history (the USSR national team beat the Spanish in the quarterfinals of Euro 1972 2: 1, and since then they cut it), but only a semi-friendly duel, no it can be compared with the victory that Rudakov and Sabo, Kolotov obtained. and Muntyan.

Nobody in Spain will even seriously scratch what happened, except that they will be very surprised how it was possible to concede to an opponent who had lost so many previous matches. But they will explain it by rotation and “preparation of the depth of the squad”, as well as arguments that have already put their teeth on the edge: “these are not the ones who won the World Cup and two European Championships, it is unlikely that they will win anything” .

We will not succumb to underestimation: the League of Nations is not a dog’s tail for you, also the first victory over the Spanish in itself is worth a lot, but we will not allow overestimation, they created many opportunities, whatever they say “.