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National team coach Andriy Shevchenko in TK Football’s post-match commentary summed up Spain’s defeat 0: 4.
The second game for us at this level was very difficult. The players gave everything they could on the field. Unfortunately, the level and intensity of our championship does not allow us to play two games in a row [на таком уровне]… Spain is a super team with high-level players, just like Germany and Switzerland. It was difficult to get physically close to Spain after the game against Switzerland.
We try to do a little rotation. Today’s level, which we reached, is very high. We try to balance the alignment. There are no complaints about the players. They gave everything. But this level was too different for us.
The head coach was asked if the absence of Taras Stepanenko, who had a knee injury, had any effect.
They gave new players a chance in Stepanenko’s absence. Taras is an important player for us. But today, none of the substitutions has been able to turn the game upside down. There was a big difference in terms of “physics”. The Spanish were cool, poignant, making decisions rather well. It was difficult for us to recover from Switzerland.
We knew that Spain is always under pressure. There are 4-5 players on the ball line, very good assurance. We try to get out in different ways. Due to the different pass, variety was included. But Spain surpassed us in this regard.
I think there is a lot of information for us now. We place great demands on the players. Maybe we will rebuild it in the future. France, Germany and Spain await us next month. We will try to compete. There is a month to think about how to compete.
