BUCHAREST: Ukraine suffered the consequences of simple first-half errors against a physical Austria side in a 1-0 defeat in their final group game on Monday that likely will knock them out of the Euro 2020 tournament, coach Andriy Shevchenko said on Monday.
"It was physically tough for us," Shevchenko said."We were late everywhere. We weren't ready. We weren't even present in the game. This is not the level of football we want to show." Ukraine fell behind after 21 minutes when David Alaba's corner reached Christoph Baumgartner, who had moved ahead of defender Ilya Zabarnyi and prodded the ball into the net.Shevchenko bemoaned the build-up that led to Austria's goal but praised his players for showing spirit on the pitch despite an inability to match their opponents physically.
"Sooner or later it leads to mistakes. We lost a simple ball in the midfield, then conceded that corner and the goal. After that goal, we largely didn’t have a chance to come back into the game."
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