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Oleksandr BokulevDeputy Head of the Editorial Board SportAll materialsThe Ukrainian national team continues to fight for the last European ticket to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A new milestone on the way to the dream was the match against Scotland. Initially, the semi-final of the play-off mini-tournament was supposed to take place in March, but due to hostilities in Ukraine, it was postponed. For obvious reasons, the Yellow-Blues approached the June confrontation in Glasgow in a very tense emotional state — for example, one of the team leaders Alexander Zinchenko could not hold back his tears at the pre-match press conference. An important factor was the playing tone. Most of the Ukrainian footballers were left without serious competitive practice for several months, which only legionnaires kept — and those, depending on the status in their clubs. Therefore, the guests expectedly looked more convincing in the first half against the backdrop of relative freshness.