Comments on: Ukraine 1 – 0 Norway: Victory Leaves Much To Be Desired

By: skillz

skillz — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:09:47 +0000

maybe our goals will come against england.

By: yevy

yevy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:40:27 +0000

Telling Aliyev not to shoot from distance is like telling water to stop being wet. There’s no doubt he is very good at it. It’s when he goes for the shot when there are better options available that can be frustrating. The two shots Aliyev took from the top-left of the area (one went just over, the other the keeper tipped over the bar) he should never pass up. A few of the others he should have been more patient with.

Ukraine played with essentially one center forward and a withdrawn striker behind him, and neither the Seleznyov/Homenyuk nor the Milevskiy/Devic pairings were able to come to an understanding. I would like to see Mykhaylichenko try Aliyev in a free role behind Milevskiy, as those two are great at anticipating what the other one is trying to do.

By: Marko Jevhenijovich

Marko Jevhenijovich — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:45:52 +0000

Well, one sentence about the game: We just had no luck. We dominated against extremly horrible Vikings for about 90min, our defense and goalkeeper didn’t allow one single mistake, the middlefield played almost worldclass and our strikers had a bad day, all of them. In a normal mood Ukraine would have won with an account of 5:0. Good game, horrible striker actions…

By: jim flim

jim flim — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:02:42 +0000

Worst referee I’ve ever seen. A penalty that was nothing, a horrible red card, five meter-offsides not given, added two minutes and blew the final wistle at 91.40 when Norway actually were in attack. Hopefully he has been in charge of his last international match.
As for Norway, horrible performance also.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:27:48 +0000

Ah, Mykhaylichenko is a very “honest” man…

Well, look on the bright side – we haven’t conceded goals in 3 of our last 4 games. But yeah, something needs to be done with that offense. Aliyev and Nazarenko should stop shooting from distance. What are we, Portugal?