World Cup semi-final playoff win against Scotland was a tribute to ‘our armed forces’ battling Russia, said an emotional Oleksandr Petrakov
Ukraine’s head coach, Oleksandr Petrakov, dedicated his team’splayoff win over Scotland to troops who are defending their country against attacks from Russia.
“They play for Ukrainians, for people watching back home, for members of our armed forces in trenches or in hospitals. They will say thank you to us and we return this gratitude. “This was a baby step towards our great aim. We will do everything in Wales that people expect us to do. We want to make Ukrainians proud. You have to bear in mind what they are going through; people being killed, women being gang raped.”
Steve Clarke, the Scotland manager, disputed any sense that Ukraine’s greater cause was key to the result. “I think they are a good team anyway,” said Clarke. “The best team won the game. Sometimes the opposition play better than you and that was the case tonight.
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