{"id":297563,"date":"2023-11-19T21:24:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T21:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=297563"},"modified":"2023-11-19T21:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T21:24:08","slug":"serhiy-rebrov-slams-uefa-head-after-disaster-italy-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/serhiy-rebrov-slams-uefa-head-after-disaster-italy-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Serhiy Rebrov SLAMS UEFA head after &apos;disaster&apos; Italy comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ukraine head coach\u00a0Serhiy Rebrov SLAMS Aleksander Ceferin after\u00a0UEFA president said it would be a &#8216;disaster&#8217; if &#8216;important&#8217; Italy fail to qualify for Euro 2024<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Serhiy Rebrov&#8217;s side play Italy on Monday with both nations looking to qualify\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Ukraine need to win to secure qualification and force Italy into the playoffs<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>\u00a0Southgate&#8217;s loyalty to his players is an issue and a weakness &#8211; It&#8217;s All Coming Up<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ukraine head coach Serhiy Rebrov has slammed UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin after he said it would be a &#8216;disaster&#8217; if Italy faily to qualify for Euro 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Third-place Ukraine take on second-place Italy on Monday night and a win for Rebrov&#8217;s side will see them earn qualification for Euro 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Italy just need to avoid defeat to qualify, but a loss means they could go out the same way they did when they crashed out of the playoffs for both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.<\/p>\n<p>However Rebrov has revealed in a spiky press conference his players will be &#8216;angry&#8217; heading into the game after comments made by Ceferin.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to media outlet LaPresse, Ceferin said the Italian team was &#8216;too important&#8217; not to qualify and that it would be a &#8216;disaster&#8217; if they did not.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/19\/18\/77992351-12768095-image-a-1_1700418241896.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Serhiy Rebrov has insisted his players are &#8216;angry&#8217;\u00a0 and will be more motivated for their game\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/19\/18\/77992387-12768095-image-a-2_1700418245796.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aleksander Ceferin&#8217;s comments saying it would be a &#8216;disaster&#8217; if Italy did not qualify wer emet with incredulity in Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Ceferin said:\u00a0&#8216;Italy must qualify for Euro 2024, otherwise it will be a disaster, the Italian national team is too important, but I think it will beat Ukraine.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ceferin&#8217;s comments sparked outrage in the Ukrainian footballing community but Rebrov has inisisted his players will use it as motivation for the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former Dynamo Kyiv, Tottenham and West Ham forward insisted: &#8216;We&#8217;re not interested in what he [\u010ceferin] has to say, it&#8217;s not our job to focus on such comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But all that they can really do is have an impact on my players to make them more angry and motivated to qualify, I think we have a good chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is one thing to play against North Macedonia or Malta, with respect, but when we play England or Italy, it is different.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is a game when we have to show our face. We made lots of mistakes in Italy, but we understand our responsibility in this game and what we have to do.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine vs Italy will be played in Leverkusen, Germany as\u00a0all of Ukraine&#8217;s Group C home games have been played at neutral venues due to the Russian invasion of the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>England have already qualified for next summer&#8217;s tournament and top Group C with 19 points after an unbeaten qualifying campaign so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12768095\/Ukraine-head-coach-Serhiy-Rebrov-SLAMS-Aleksander-Ceferin-UEFA-president-said-disaster-important-Italy-fail-qualify-Euro-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine head coach\u00a0Serhiy Rebrov SLAMS Aleksander Ceferin after\u00a0UEFA president said it would be a &#8216;disaster&#8217; 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