“The first games are always hard”

"The first games are always hard. The fact that the match was against the group leader increased our responsibility. We watched the last few games of Russia. We knew how they play. We worked on it more. As a team, we played well in the first half of the game. However, the opponent gradually increased the pressure. Unfortunately, we missed a mistake at the end of the first half. If it is possible to say so, Russia forced us to make a mistake by increasing the intensity of attacks. After the break, we wanted to make a turn in the game. The opponent put more pressure on us to play in our part of the field. For the second goal, the Russian players blocked our goalkeeper and prevented him from seeing the moment of the shot, and they achieved their goal. Even if we lose, we will try to draw conclusions from this game and eliminate the mistakes we made before the match against Denmark national team”.