Irina Vasilyuk: "It is important to recover psychologically and to complete the selection on a major note"

31.08.2018 21:05

The central defender of the women's national team of Ukraine Irina Vasilyuk commented on the result games of the 2019 World Cup qualifying tournament against the Swedes and spoke about the upcoming match against Hungary.

- Of course, it is difficult to comment on something after the defeat with a score of 0: 3, but what lessons did the team learn from this match? What went wrong in the game with Sweden?

- A lot of lessons… And we did not have enough physical condition, speed. The Swedes run very fast, instantly rebuild, play in one touch, a maximum of two. I'm not even talking about the accuracy of the transmissions, they probably had almost 100 percent. When we played against the Danes, it seemed to me that Denmark was stronger, but when we played against Sweden, the Swedes look stronger and more organized.

- How do you evaluate your game?

- After 0: 3 it is difficult to evaluate your game. We have a coaching staff that I think will point out mistakes to us.

- What is the most important thing now - to recover physically or morally?

- I think it is important, first of all, to recover psychologically. Physical condition can be restored in one or two days. But psychology… Every time you scroll through the moments of the game in your head and understand where you could have time, it is better to play. And until you play the next match, this game will be in your memory. I played the next one, everyone went on - life goes on.

- Who would you single out in the Swedish national team?

- The whole team. I really liked the Swedish captain Caroline Seger. I repeat, after the defeat in Lviv, they wanted to rehabilitate anything, they were focused at every moment. It seems to me that the Swedes were ready to score ten goals for us. They did not stop at the first minute or the last. They ran, ran, they were hard to stop. Very cool team.

- The Danish national team unexpectedly drew with Croatia…

- The Danes probably underestimated the Croat, as well as the Swedish national team underestimated us in Lviv. We have an interesting group.

- The next match is against the Hungarian national team, which does not affect the distribution of places in the standings…

- Of course, we will only tune in to win. Although the match does not affect the place, nevertheless, it means a lot to us. First of all, we have to prove to ourselves that we are a team. Therefore, for us it is a serious fight. On the road, we decided the fate of the match in our favor only in the last seconds. Therefore, we will play at home only to win, to complete the selection on a major note.