L’Ukraine beats 2-1 Slovakia and begins the rise in the rankings. In fact, the yellow-blue national team, with the victory given to the team coached by Calzona (former Napoli coach) gave away 3 very important points to stick to the same opponents on equal merit in group E of the Europeans. The race for a place in the round of 16 has reopened.
A proud victory Serhiy Rebrov, technical commissioner of Ukraine, who intervened post-match to analyze the mistakes made by his players: “We did very badly against Romania, but I can’t say that this was a different team. They showed a different spirit and deserved the victory. We have to focus on the next match, but this was a very important match for the team and for the country.” Adding: “We had to react in the second half. We weren’t pressing high enough. We understood that this was our chance and that’s what I said.
I said don’t do it, don’t worry about the score and just go for it. We changed some positions – said coach Rebrov – in pressing high at half-time. The players who came off the bench improved us. Above all, we showed our spirit. We really tried to change the result and we deserved the victory”, the statements collected by Sports Mediaset.
