Tamila Khimich: "The game with Denmark was not bad, but the bill speaks for itself"

10.06.2018 22:45

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Midfielder of the national women's national team of Ukraine Tamila Khimich commented on the defeat in the qualifying match for the 2019 World Cup from the Danish team and spoke about the preparations for the match with Sweden, which will take place on June 12 at the Lviv Arena in Lviv.

Comparing the Ukrainian-Danish confrontations in this selection, Khimich noted that the score on the scoreboard in Lviv could be different if the Ukrainians realized their moments. "It was harder at home with Denmark than on the road. In the home game we had moments to score, the score could have been different. On the way out, we can say we put a "bus". There were almost no moments in the tribute. And we did not have literally 10 minutes to end the match with a draw. Before the home meeting, the coach talked about patience and compactness. Rivals may not have expected us to move forward from the first minutes. There were times we could score. The episode with Ovdiychuk's submission to the penalty area in his debut would have been brought to mind - everything could have been different. Everything seemed to be going well, but the score speaks for itself, ”the national team player said.

“The first goal? There was a good pass from their captain to the far post. Nadim ran into the penalty area and scored this ball in the fall. We had to hold out for 15-20 minutes, withstand this pressure of tribute, and then the game would be more tactful, - said the player of the blue-yellows. - But after a quick goal we did not give up, we created moments in the attack. Only we had free zones behind. We really wanted to score, and they kicked the ball at insiders and attackers, and we did not have time to return to defense. Already after the 60th minute I felt tired, my legs were cotton. "

“Harder? We were shown how to deal with it by standards. Everyone was responsible for their zones, it didn't make sense for us to run after her all over the field and leave free space. In the second goal, it all started with me when I made a bad pass. Our defenders sat deeper, as they should have done in this episode. But someone alone had to go ahead and meet her. She struck perfectly, in the very corner. Almost all five goals were scored not so much by them as by our mistakes, "said Khimich.

According to the footballer, the most important task facing the team is to forget the match with Denmark and move on: “It is difficult, but the girls should not think about this loss, because they need to prepare for the match with Sweden. We will also have a difficult match there, because Sweden is one of the best teams in Europe, it performed quite well at the 2017 continental championship. The Swede has a strong left flank, good strikers and enough girls who played in the finals of the Champions League. I can say that it will be hot at the Lviv Arena on Tuesday! "