Ukraine coach: I believe that there was a penalty
The head coach of the Ukrainian national team, Serhiy Rebrov, commented on the referee's decision not to award a penalty against the Italy in Euro-2024 qualifying game.
— I believe that there was a penalty, but there is VAR. From my point of view, it was a penaly. But it is not up to us to decide. Probably, when watching VAR, they did not see a foul. There are people watching…
We had a game plan. We played against the reigning European champion. It is very difficult to constantly press against this team from the first minutes. Therefore, in the first half we concentrated more on defense, and in the second we played more intensively, pressed more, thanks to this we won the ball and created chances. Yes, now the guys are very upset because they didn't get the result. But I think they played a good game, I can only thank them.
