The day before tomorrow's CH-2026 qualifier match Iceland — Ukraine (Reykjavik, 21:45 Kyiv time), the head coach of our opponent Arnar Gunnlaugsson spoke to the media.

"The Ukrainian national team has many talented footballers who have experience playing against various European and world teams. They have a defender whose last name I can't pronounce, but he is very expensive. We respect our opponent."

I remember Andriy Shevchenko. He was an extremely skilled player and coach. As for Serhiy Rebrov, I don't know him personally, but I follow his career; he is a talented coach.

This is a top team and they are higher than us in the FIFA world ranking. Perhaps the match against Azerbaijan was not particularly successful, but that happens sometimes. Hopefully, we will take advantage of Ukraine being in less than their best form," — Gunnlaugsson noted among other things.