Andriy Pyatov: "We had to get three points to keep our chances for a ticket to the World Cup"

09.10.2021 23:20

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Together with Oleksandr Petrakov, the captain of the national team of Ukraine Andriy Pyatov took part in the press conference after the match with Finland, for whom this match became a jubilee, the 100th for the national team.

- Of these 100 matches for the national team, perhaps one is special, so memorable'ate the most?

- For me, every next game is special. So was this match, with Finland, in which we had no right to make a mistake. We didn't think about the next opponent, we had to get three points to save our chances for a ticket to the World Cup. It's very nice that I managed to play so many matches, I didn't even dream about it in 2007, when I started playing for the national team. Thanks to the support of partners and the trust of coaches, I reached this mark.

- There were two important moments in today's game - 0: 0 and 2: 1, when you made saves. Can you analyze these episodes?

- I do not disassemble my games, there are coaches for that, the main thing for me is the result of the team. In this match, I can also find many shortcomings in my actions. There is a coach of the national team goalkeepers Vyacheslav Kernozenko, we will analyze everything. We all teach in the field.