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Coach of the Ukraine national team Andrey Shevchenko commented on the cancellation of the League of Nations match between Switzerland and Ukraine:
“Lucerne is a beautiful city, but I couldn’t see it because we spent all this time in a hotel. The situation our team was in, which was organized for us, was very difficult for the team.
Procedures at UEFA? I still don’t know the setting. I think they will consider our arguments. They are quite strong. Our team has every reason to prove it, at least we don’t deserve a technical defeat. I think everything should be decided by repetition. We have to play this match and find out which team is stronger and should remain in the elite division.
It was a very difficult situation, literally, from the second training camp before the trip to France. It was hard to imagine how we can get out of this situation with so many patients. We did not understand how this could turn out. But our doctors did a great job. They perfectly understood the situation, we were able to locate the problem. The team was able to play.
We also play the following matches at a pretty good level. The victory over Spain is a merit of the boys. They showed their will and their desire to play for the Ukraine team. Next training camp, we have matches with Poland and Germany. There are also many patients, an unstable situation. The team showed strong qualities, showed a good game. I am very satisfied with the way the team played and showed itself during this difficult time. I think we deserve our game, given the situation we were in, to stay in the top flight.
Incomprehensible situation regarding Moraes and Krivtsov? I have investigated this incident. When a second test is done, those who have been sick, somewhere the virus remains with them, but the virus is dead. Therefore, there were many cases where people who had been ill again passed positive tests. However, they cannot infect anyone, but the test shows a virus. Therefore, these tests are called false positives. But the fact that they were false positives was said only the next day, and not the day we were supposed to play. This whole story was presented a little differently on game day.
Yes, the team was not allowed into the dressing room in Switzerland. Unpleasant situation. In Germany, when we found out about the test results, we had to go to training, they asked us to wait. We leave in an hour. The press conference took place. And we changed into normal changing rooms, they gave us every opportunity to make the team feel comfortable.
This was not the case in Switzerland. There the press conference was canceled, they asked us to change at the hotel. At the stadium, we were not allowed into the locker room so the boys could at least put their boots on. This is the first time. It is difficult for me to answer the question why this happened. Even if they were very worried that our computer was infected. But the same situation was with the Swiss team. They also had some positive players. And the whole world is experiencing this moment. We need to be more open and aware of the situation. Illness is a normal situation. This attitude was very strange to me and I did not like it.
I can say with certainty: we have fully complied with the entire protocol. We had enough players to play the game that day or the next. This is definitely not our fault. The commission will investigate and is bound to make the correct decision. The future of many situations will depend on this. I don’t even want to imagine what it could be.
UEFA has to define itself. If there are dates to reproduce, this would be the best option. This match must be played from a fair play point of view. This is the point. If there is no place or time for a repetition, there are mechanisms, many. But there should be no talk of a technical defeat for one or the other team. A technical loss would be wrong!
Why didn’t I get personally ill? I passed more than 50 tests. I don’t know if I have been sick or not. But they also did the antibody test and I don’t have them. I think it would be better to be sick already. But I am very careful. Even now, when I am in Ukraine after the incidents with the boys, I am in self-isolation at home. I passed another negative test, so I will soon be returning home to my wife and children. “
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