The Ukrainian men’s national football team will play its first competitive match on Wednesday after the start of the war. Scotland will face up in the World Cup qualifiers.
The war has been a difficult time for the Ukrainian star.
– All Ukrainians want only one thing. The end of the war. I have talked to people from all over the world. I also talked to Ukrainian children. They have only one dream, ending the war, Zinchenko said, apparently sensitized.
According to Zinchenko, the Ukrainian national team also has a dream. Admission to the Qatar World Cup.
– We want to give that incredible feeling to the Ukrainians, because they really deserve it at the moment. I am sure that the whole of Ukraine will follow the match. We try to make people happy and proud.
Ukraine was second in the Finnish World Cup qualifiers after France and survived the further qualifiers. Finland was one point behind Ukraine and was third in the group.
On the playing field, only goals matter
Ukraine will face Scotland in the World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday night. The match will be played at the Scottish home ground in Glasgow. This is Ukraine’s first competitive match since the start of the war.
The winner of the match will face Wales on Sunday in Cardiff, winning 2-1 in Austria in his own qualifier in March. The winner of Sunday’s match will survive the World Cup in Qatar starting in November.
Head coach of Scotland Steve Clarken according to Scotland will support Ukraine, but during the game off-field events will be forgotten.
– I have nothing but good thoughts and wishes for them, except during the match, of course, because they too want to get to Qatar to represent their country. So do I want to get on with my national team, Clarke told AFP on Tuesday.
The Qatar World Championships start on November 18th.