Oleksandr Petrakov: "We have switched to the quarter-finals, already in the game with Colombia"

03.06.2019 23:34

Photo by Pavel Kubanov.

Head coach of the U-20 U-XNUMX national team Alexander Petrakov commented on his team's exit to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

In the 1/8 finals of the World Cup Finals blue and yellow beat Panama (4: 1). The coach of the Ukrainian team Oleksandr Petrakov said after the match that his boys were already preparing for the next meeting.

— Congratulations on your win and the quarterfinals. Do you plan to change something in the training process of the national team of Ukraine in the future?

- No, in terms of preparation, everything will remain as it was.

- Why did your players fall on the lawn after the match? Do they lack physical fitness?

- This is normal, because the guys gave everything on the field, they are tired. I immediately told them that we would not celebrate. So we switched to the quarterfinals, my thoughts are already in the game with Colombia. The main thing now is to restore.

— Which of your team players can you highlight?

- I will not single out anyone. It is wrong to do this in the course of the championship. Everyone is doing a great job, so I will not celebrate anyone after four matches. We don't have stars, but we have a well-placed team game.

— What about your next opponent?

- We all watched yesterday's match of Colombia against New Zealand. In 2015, I was at the World Cup in New Zealand, and I'm impressed with the work they've done in four years. They have a great team, just like in Colombia. It will be difficult in the next match, but we will not get used to it. There are no weak teams a priori at the World Cup.

— European teams have become champions in the last mundane. Do you want to continue this series?

- I would very much like the European team to become the champion, because I am a coach from this part of the world. Who will it be? Maybe we are. But first of all we are worried about the next game.