Ukraine is better than Russia

Actually I'm talking about football

In St. Petersburg, neither with oak, nor with batons for desperate guys in yellow T-shirts, they still run, and this indicates the humanity, political correctness and tolerance of both our population and its defenders. They may, when it is required to show simple human feelings, in which hospitality is also included. But this, speaking with all frankness, for the time being. Now, if the Russian national team on Thursday is disgraced with Finland, and the Ukrainian team will cope with Northern Macedonia the next day, then you will get hung up, they may not forgive such good neighbors.

In fairness, for the sake of yellow T-shirts of the Ukrainian national team on St. Petersburg streets and in the fan zones a little-once or twice and the form of a new sample that caused a scandal has not yet been brought. Anyway - where Ukraine played, and where Russia. Some in Amsterdam in the Yohan Kruuff arena, other houses in St. Petersburg. Well, what

Some exactly what they played, while others suffered, all the sane Russian fans recognized unconditionally. Not without envy, of course, but without malice.

I will not be talking about tactics-technology, I'm talking about energy. The thing is how two teams reacted to two missed balls from a strong opponent.

The wards of Andrei Shevchenko understood everything correctly: we must go forward, take risks, and where ours did not disappear. It is a pity that the relaxedness came only at this critical moment. But here it is important that it came, and the seasoned owners did not have time to come to their senses, as two goals were caught, and the luxurious blow of Andrei Yarmolenko - from the penalty line, from the left to the right from the goalkeeper nine - so far became the best in the euro. Well, yes, they didn’t get a little, the goalkeeper George Gushchan, instead of playing simply and knocking out the ball, sent him along the faces of the opponent right at the front, and the harmless situation became an ass. Sasha Zinchenko, who lost the top of Dumfries, shouted so violently that it seemed to be ready to eat himself.

The Russians did not shout a day earlier. After two missing goals, they sat quietly and only scraged. The Belgians did not strain, lazily sorting out the reins, realizing that the Grozny in words, the opponent had already folded his legs. Moreover, with such an absolutely worthless and dull game, it was still necessary to manage to skip the third goal out of the blue.

That's the whole difference between the two teams met with approximately equal rivals. Well, the Belgian team is the number one FIFA rating, but she played a visit without several leaders. And the Russians played at home, without showing either resistance in defense or courage in the attack.

The Ukrainian national team just played against the Netherlands national team, which returns past grace and power, the conditions are approximately equal.

In principle, Russia and Ukraine equally lost three points, but there is nothing to be ashamed of Ukrainians, unlike our eagles.

Actually, Andrei Shevchenko is a systemic coach, and he is sure that he chose a rather cautious tactic, giving the initiative to his opponent. It was possible to agree with her or not, but at any moment of the game it was clear what the team wanted and how to achieve the result. What Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov wanted, even the brightest minds cannot understand. Rather, in words he wanted a lot of things, but in reality

The Russian team appeared before the home public terribly helpless in every way.

The comparison of the two teams in the post -Soviet time was inevitable. And now, when, due to special geopolitical circumstances, they are bred in different groups, Russian fans habitually look back at Ukraine. They are surprised at how, from an incomprehensible internal championship, in which several leading clubs ceased to exist, where there is no big money, and some of the teams are generally forced to “bomber”, and the stars of the European level come out. And the team - well, we all saw. Maybe not as bright as in the days of Shevchenko and Rebrov, but tightly knocked out, skilled and combat.

One small detail. In the first minutes of the match, the Netherlands-Ukraine, fans in the St. Petersburg fan zone still tried to see the outlines of the country's borders on the blue guest uniform, but quickly abandoned this business-

The game made you forget about scandals with a political shade, and indeed about everything that only prevents just watching football. It was a good moment. What is there - just wonderful.

The colorful ex-coach of Rostov Igor Gamul, for whom neither the Ukrainian national team nor the Russian national team, directly chopped: “I want these two teams to play in the Euro finale!”

If everything was so simple ... even if you think only about football.