{"id":33484,"date":"2022-06-02T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/volodymyr-zelensky-thanks-ukraine-team-for-two-hours-of-happiness-after-world-cup-qualifier-win\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T12:32:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:32:00","slug":"volodymyr-zelensky-thanks-ukraine-team-for-two-hours-of-happiness-after-world-cup-qualifier-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/volodymyr-zelensky-thanks-ukraine-team-for-two-hours-of-happiness-after-world-cup-qualifier-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Volodymyr Zelensky thanks Ukraine team for &#8216;two hours of happiness&#8217; after World Cup qualifier win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_6A82886F-2B7F-AA21-E680-23C7CF739454\">Ukraine is now just one win away from reaching the Qatar World Cup later this year, needing to beat Wales in Cardiff on Sunday.<\/div>\n<p>Despite a complicated preparation that included a month in a Slovenian training camp, an emotional Ukraine side was very much a worthy winner on the night.<\/p>\n<p>It hadn&#8217;t played a competitive game since November last year but was determined to give those fighting back home something to cheer about. <\/p>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_D07F4CEF-47D5-EB6C-B8D7-23C7CF7C44EC\">&#8220;There are times when you don&#8217;t need many words! Pride is enough! Simply thanks to you guys!&#8221;  Zelensky said in an Instagram post.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Two hours of happiness that we&#8217;ve grown unaccustomed to. They went out. They fought. They persevered. They won. Because they are Ukrainians!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are all fighting, everyone on their own front, for this. For our blue and yellow flag, for our coat of arms on our hearts, for &#8216;Ukraine is not dead yet &#8230;&#8217;, which cannot be silenced,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We fight, we fight, we endure, we win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine looked much sharper than its opposition and was cheered on by thousands of Ukraine fans who created a brilliant atmosphere in Hampden Park.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk had put the visitors in control of the match, but there were some nervy moments in the final stages.<\/p>\n<p>Callum McGregor scored for Scotland with just 10 minutes left, initiating an onslaught on the Ukrainian goal.<\/p>\n<p>But Ukraine dug deep and defended resolutely before adding a third goal with the last kick of the game through Artem Dovbyk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"el__image--fullwidth js__image--fullwidth\">\n<div><noscript><img alt=\"Yarmolenko is mobbed by teammates after scoring the opener. \" class=\"media__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220601154814-11-ukraine-scotland-match-060122-large-169.jpg?ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was a goal that led to bedlam in the away end with fans crying, dancing and singing long after the players had left the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have no emotions. All my emotions are left on the football pitch. This victory was not for me, not for the players, it was for our country,&#8221; Ukraine&#8217;s exhausted head coach Oleksandr Petrakov told reporters after the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We played for those who fight in trenches, those who fight for their last drop of blood. Yes, we took a baby step towards our great aim. We still have the Wales game in front of us and we&#8217;ll do everything. We are extremely proud Ukrainians. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine travels to Wales on Thursday and has a quick turnaround in order to be ready for the playoff final in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_993158B4-6A5E-47E8-4A68-23C7CF8D429F\">&#8220;One more to go,&#8221; Ukraine&#8217;s star player Oleksandr Zinchenko said on Instagram after the game.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s Mitchell McCluskey and Josh Pennington contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine is now just one win away from reaching the Qatar World Cup later this year, needing to beat Wales in Cardiff on Sunday. Despite a complicated preparation that included a month in a Slovenian training camp, an emotional Ukraine side was very much a worthy winner on the night. It hadn&#8217;t played a competitive &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/volodymyr-zelensky-thanks-ukraine-team-for-two-hours-of-happiness-after-world-cup-qualifier-win\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Volodymyr Zelensky thanks Ukraine team for &#8216;two hours of happiness&#8217; after World Cup qualifier win<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11],"tags":[446,16168],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220601155013-12-ukraine-scotland-match-060122-super-tease.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}